i.im - -PEDIONOMUS.— Hind toe present. 



576. P. torqiiatus. Gld., Plain Wanderer. 



Adult male differs from female in baying no rust colour on nape ; 

 collar round neck is buff and brownish, not so conspicuous, and upper 

 surface i- washed with bright buff. 

 Adult male, 5*8 in. ; wing, 3*4 in. 

 Adult female, 6*3 in. : wing, 4 in. 

 Bab. : 4, <;, :. 



ORDER FULICARI3] (Rails). 



Osteologies! characters, see Catalogue Fossil Birds, pp. 14:: \. 

 (Lydekker). 



FAMILY— RALLIDJE. 



Hind toe always raised above the level of the others; toes long and slender. 

 Palate Bchizognathous. 



Gbnos \W POT ENIDIA. — Gulmen not so long as the tarsus. 



577 II. pliilippiiH'iisis. Linn., Pectoral Rail. 



Breast haired with white, and more narrowly with black ; has a 

 white eyebrow. 



II. kb. : 1 to 9. 



■~>7^ II. brarliypils, Swainson, Slate-breasted Rail (Lewin's Rail). 



Breast uniform Blate ; no white eyebrow; back black, striped 

 with olive. 



Bab. : ::. 4, 5, 6, 9. 

 CrXNUB EULABEORNIS. — Wing coverts do not hide the quills. 



579. E. castaneiYentriS) Gld., Chestnut-bellied Rail. 



Adult Female General colour above dark ochraceous-brown ; 

 wing coverts Like back; primary coverts, quills, and tail reddish 



brown ; crown of head and entire sides of face clear slaty-grey ; 

 chin whitish ; pale vinous on throat ; lower throat and rest of under 

 surface vinous-chestnut ; under tail coverts, under wing coverts, 

 and azillaries deep chestnut. 



Total Length, 17 in. ; oilmen, -J"2in. ; wing, 8.5 in. ; tail, 47 in. ; 

 tarsus, '1 75 in. ; middle toe and claw, 2*7 in. 

 Hab. •. 1,2. 



1 KAJJJXA. Secondaries do not reach to end of the primaries. 



II. tricolor* Gray, Red-necked Rail. 



Adult Male. Greneral colour above dark slaty-brown, with olive 

 • ■•!! wings; ljUills with whitish bars on inner webs: inn. i 



ondaries uniform, Like back ; tail feathers blackish-brown ; crown 

 of head, hind-neck and upper mantle, sides oi tare and cheeks, 

 ■idea of neck, fore neck, ami breast rich chestnut : throat yellowish 

 brown, becoming chestnut on lower throat; rest of under surfaot 

 ay, w n h tew ban "t hull', 

 .il length, 1 1 ■•"» in.: oulmen, r.'i in.; wing, 5*7 in.; tail, 

 •_'■."» in. ; tarsus, is in. ; middle toe, 1*9 in. 



Ilai. 2 



RE \ Plumage striped above ; tail pointed ; retrices narrow. 



681 Cm reroXi Sharpe, < iora < 



Winter Plun ig< Eyebrow, face, and breast ochreous-brown. 

 Summer Plumage. •Byebrow, face, and breast 



pecimen obtained near8ydney in June, 1898 North.] 

 I length, 10 in. ; oulmen, 0*85 in. : tarsus, 1*46 in. 



