HYPOT.ENIDIA. EULABEORNIS. ARAMIDES. 113 



Hypotaenidia philippinensis (Linn.). 



Hypotsenidia pliilippensis, Gould, Humlb. Birds Austi: ii. p. 334 (1865) ; 



Ca7iipbi'/l, AWts ^- Bi/ffs Amir. Birds, p. 61 (1883) ; North, Nests &■ 



Eygs Austv. Birds, p. 3l^8 (1889). 

 Eallus pectoralis, Finsch i^- Hartl. Fauna Centralpohjn. p. lo7, tab. iii. fio-. 3 



(1867) ; Hutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. Ill (1870) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 



1875, p. 446. 

 Rallus philippensis, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 95 (1888). 

 Hypotsenidia philippinensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 39 (1894) • 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 96 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pectoral Rail vary from pinkish white to rather 

 bright salmon-pink, and the markings, which consist of well-defined 

 spots and blotches and sometimes of streaks, are pale purple and 

 reddish brown. Eoth sets of markings are most numerous at the 

 large end. Specimens measure from 1-35 to 1-67 in length, and 

 from 1-1 to 1-2 in breadth. 



1. Laid in contiuement(Lilford Aviaries). Lord Lilford [P.]. 



1. Moreton Bay, X.E. Australia. Salvin-Godman Uoll. 

 3. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 



3. Australia. Gould Coll. 



5. Samoa {S. J. Wliitmee). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.]. 

 7. Samoa, Oct. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C.J. 



Genus EULABEORNIS, Gould. 

 Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Oould. 



Eulabeornis castaneiventris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 338 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests S,- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (1883) ; Meger, Zeitschr. 



ges. Orn. i. p. 294, tab. 17. fig. 3 (1884) ; North, Nests ^- Ec/gs Austr. 



Birds, p. 331 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 49 (1894). 

 Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 97 (1899). 



The single egg of the Chestnut-bellied Wood-Rail in the Collection 

 is almost elliptical in shape and possesses little gloss. The ground is 

 cream-coloured, and this is rather thickly speckled and blotched, in 

 a somewhat streaky manner, with deep reddish brown and pale 

 purple. It measures 2-15 by 1'45. 



1. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ARAMIDES, Pucher. 



Aramides albiventris, Lawr. 



(Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Aramides albiventris, Sel. S^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 447 : Shai-pe, Cat. 

 Birds B.M. xxiii. p. 59 (1894); id. Hand-l. i. p. 98 (1899). 



The eggs of the W' hite-bellied Wood-Rail are oval or sometimes bi- 

 conical in form and have but a slight gloss. The ground is of a creamy- 

 white colour, and this is spotted and speckled with reddish brown 



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