74 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Species. 



a^. Flanks olive-brown with narrow whitish bars, the bars sometimes wanting. 



fuscus (p. 74) 

 (r. Flanks white, barred with dusky blackisli paykulli (p. 74) 



65. LIMNOB/ENUS FUSCUS (LimisEus). 

 KTJDDY CRAKE. 



RaUiis fuscus Lixx.eus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 262. 



Linuiobcenus fuscus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 146; Hand- 

 List (1899), 1, 105; O.^te.s, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 1, 120; Mc- 

 Gregor and WoBCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 17. 



Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; Leyte (Everett) ; Luzon (Cuming, Heriot, Steere 

 Exp., Whitehead) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp.) ; Mindoro (McGregor) ; 

 Xegros (Keay). Ceylon, Indian and Malay Peninsulas, Burmese countries to 

 China and Japan, Christmas Island, Java, Borneo. 



Adult male. — Above including wing-coverts dark olive; forehead, sides 

 of head, chin, throat, and breast vinons-chestnut, chin more or less 

 whitish; abdomen and flanks olive-brown with narrow white bars; vent 

 and under tail-coverts blackish with wider white bars; wings and tail 

 brown; axillars and under Aving-coverts fringed with white. Iris brick- 

 red, a narrow inner circle brown ; bill dark brown, lighter at tips ; legs red ; 

 nails brown. A male from Manila market, September 2, 190-1, measures : 

 Length, 190; wing, 93; tail, 42; exposed culmen, 20; tarsus, 30; middle 

 toe with claw, 35. 



Adult female. — Similar to the male. A female from Cagayancillo, 

 February 23, 1903, measures: Length, 210; wing, 96; tail, 47; exposed 

 culmen, 18.5 ; tarsus, 32 ; middle toe with claw, 37. A breeding female 

 from Manila market, August 20, 1902, measures: Length, 210; wing, 98; 

 tail, 47; expoiged culmen, 20; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw, 37. 



Young. — Manila market, August 14, 1902." Above olive and blackish 

 brown, chin and throat white; remainder of under parts sooty brown 

 mixed with white. Iris light green ; upper mandible black ; lower dark 

 flesh; legs brown; nails black. Length, 200. 



This little crake is either very shy or very scarce as few specimens are 

 seen. It is usually found in dry brush-land or on forest paths and is 

 extremely quick in making its escape. 



66. LIMNOB/ENUS PAYKULLI (Ljungh). 



PAYKITLL'S CRAKE. 



Rallus paykulli Ljungh, Sver. Vet. Akad. Handl. (1813), 258. 

 Porzana paykulli Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 82. 

 LimtiobcFtius paykulli Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 149; Hand- 

 List (1899). 1, 105; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 17. 



Basilan (Steere Exp.). China, Eastern Siberia, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo. 



