ADDENDA. QQI 



Page 48. Add:— 

 1 a. Cabalus modestus. (Plate VI.*) 



Rallus modcstus Button, Ibis, 1872, p. 247, & 1873, pp. 349-352 • 

 Jd. Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. v. p. 223 (1873). ^^ o*^-oo^ , 



tabalus mod,^tus, Hutton, Tr. N. Zeal. Inst. vi. p. 108 (1874) • 

 O n''r } ^- '^■"^- -"'^ '^ "• P- ^-^ (18*-^)' Forbes, BulLBit. 



Ca^bah^ dieffenbachii, juv., S/>arj^e, Cat'. B. Brit. Mm. xxiii. p. 47, 



Ocydromus pygmaeus, Forbes, Nature, xlvi. p. 252 (1892). 



iJi-^"^^ ^'' T'", ?''^ ^ described as the young of Cabalus diefen- 

 haclm a male bird from Mangare. Quite recently Mr. H. Forbes 



fiLnr^? !t? ' 'P*'"''' ' ^""^ *^^ ^"■'^ ^^^^^ I iia^e described and 



{antia, p. 48, PI. VI.) is really the adult of C. modestus In tbi<, 



iX*r" "'* ^■*--"» they„u„g„rS:-.pL°ef5 



The adult female is similar in colour to the male, but is less in 



unde'rl?;:/ ""'' -^^-^111, and the sandy-coloured ba'soTth: 

 under surface are more numerous. 



The sexes measure as follows : 



Total length. Ciilmen. Wing. Tarsus 



if. 7-8 1.4-1-5 3-4-3-0 M-Mo 



^ ^ ^^ 7 1-2-1-3 3-0-3-1 1-0 



The young bird is much more uniform in colour than the adults 

 and IS leaden grey below with no markings at all, exceptht^ a few 

 sandy-buff bars on the outer wing-coverts and pri^iary qullfs. 



"' .fi'u- ■ sk. ^ *'"^' '^ ^'^''^"^ ^'^- (^«'''^'«*)- H. 0. Forbes, Esq. 



Add:— Pago 52. Gymnocrex rosenbergi. 



a. Ad. sk. Celebes ( Von Rosenber;,). Leyden Museum [P.]. 



Page 53. Add :— 

 7 a. ARAMIDOPSIS. 



Aramidopsis, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. x. „ liv '^^^"'' 



(June 1893) \ i . • 



' A. plateni. 



liaiif/e. Confined to Celebes. 



1. Aramidopsis plateni. 



Rallus plnteni, Blasius in Buss' ' IsL.,' 1886, p. 103; Heine & 



lieichen. Aomencl. Mus. Ilcin. p. 321 (1890) 

 Aramidopsis plateni, Sharpe, Bull. B . O. C no. x. p. liv (1893). 



* Named Calalus diejfeitbac/iii, juv., on Plate. 



