Dec. 20, 1922.] Birds of the Indian Empire, 207 



1875. (1395) Rallina superciliaris. The Banded Crake. 



Rallus sui:)erciliaris Eyton, A. M. N. H., xvi., p. 230 

 (1844), {Malay Peninsula). 



Throughout Ceylon, India, Burma, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



1876. (1390) Rallina fasciata. The Malayan Banded Crake. 



Rallus fasciatus Raffi., Trans. L. 8., xiii., p. 328 

 (1822), (Malay). 



Assam, Burma, Siam, etc. 



1877. (1397) Rallina canningi The Andamanese Banded Crake 



Euryzona canningi (Tytler) Blyth, Ibis, 1863, p. 119 

 (Port Canning, Andamans). 

 Andamans. 



1878. (1398) Amaurornis fuscus fuscus. The Ruddy Crake. 



Rallus fuscus Lmn, 8. N.,i.,p. 262(1766), (Philip- 

 pines). 



S. India, Ceylon, Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, 

 etc. 



1879 (1398) Amaurornis fuscus bakeri. The Northern Ruddy 



Crake. 



Porzana f usca bakeri Hartert, Nov. Zool., 1917, p. 272 

 (Bhim-tal). 



Northern India and Burma. 



1880. (139S) Amaurornis fuscus erythrothorax. The Eastern 



Ruddy Crake. 



Gallinula erythrothorax Temm. and Schl., Faun. Jap., 

 p. 121 (1849), (Japan). 



A rare straggler into extreme N. E. Burma ; 

 Japan to Yunnan and Siam. 



1881. (1399) Amaurornis bicolor. Elves' Crake. 



Porzana bicolor Wald., A. M. N. H., (4) iv., p. 47 

 (1872), {8ikkim). 



Nepal and Sikkim to E. Assam, N. and S. of the 

 Brahmaputra. 



1882. (1400) Amaurornis akool. The Brown Crake. 



Rallus akool Sykes, P. Z. 8., 1832, p. 164 (Deccan). 

 N. and Central India, S. to the Deccan and Mysore. 



*i883. (1401) Amaurornis phoenicura phoenicura. The 



Ceylon White-breasted Water-Hen. 



Rallus phcenicurus Pennant, Ind. Zool., ix., p. 10 

 (1769), (Ceylon). 

 Ceylon and Travancore. 



• See Stresemann Nov. Zool., xx.. p. .305, 1913. 



