p. 'Jo. 



194 ON THE BIRDS OF CELEBES. [1872. 



Labillardiere. This species is included in Mr. Hodgson's Catalogue of the Birds of Nepal 

 (J. A. S. Bengal, ISoo, p. 381. no. 765) under the title of Zapornia nhjroUneata. Mr. G. R. 

 Gray, Cat. B. Mus. Nepal, 1840, p. 143, identified Z. nigroUncata, Hodgs., with Ballns super- 

 ciliaris, Eyton, ex Tklalacca, and in the 3rd edition of that catalogue (1863) adopted Eyton's 

 specific title. Mr. Blyth (Cat. Calc. Mus. p. 339) includes Nepal within the range of i?. super- 

 Tr.Z.S^viii. ciHaris, Evton. Professor Schlegel (/. r.) lias identified Eyton's species with P. cinereus, Vieill. ; 

 and Drs. Finsch and ITartlanb (/. c.) with B. quri<lristn<jatvs, Ilorsf. The species, however, is not 

 included in Dr. Jerdon's work as an inhabitant of India. 



HypoT^NiDiA, Reichenbach. 



152. HTPOT.Exmi.\ c'ELEBENSis (Quoy et Gaimard), Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p. 250, "Celebes," 

 pi. 24. f. 2 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bays, BnUi, p. 22. 



TTab. Menado (Forsten); Gorontalo, Limbotto (Von Bosenberg). 



This is a representative form of the Philippine Ballus torquatus, Linn. (Schlegel, /. c). 

 Von Pelzeln (Novara, Aces, p. 134), with doubt, refers an example of a young Rail from Borneo 

 to the Celebean species. 



153. Htpot^nidi.\ striata (Linn.), Syst, Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 202 (1766), ex Brisson, 

 " Philippines." 



Ballus ffiilaris, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 196, "Java" (1822). 



Ilab. Philippines (fi/pe) ; all India and Ceylon, Burma (Jerdon) ; Sumatra {Baffles) ; Java 

 {Ilorsjiehl) ; Cochin-china [Liaril) ; Formosa {Swinhoe) ; China {Mus. Lugd.) ; Menado ( Wallace) ; 

 Banjerraassing {Sclater). 



Mr. Wallace obtained near Menado a female example of a Rail which so well agrees with 

 Brisson's description of the Philipi)ine bird, that I have little hesitation in making the above 

 identification. It must, however, be noted that, in the specimen referred to, the under tail- 

 coverts are distinctly pale rufous and black, and not white and black. 



154. Htpotjenidia philippen-'^is (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 263 (1766), ex Brisson, Orn. 

 V. p. 163, " Philippines ;" Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Balli, p. 25. 



Balhts jiectoralis (Cuvier), Lesson, ap. Finsch et Hartl. Faxm. Centralpolyn. p. 157, nee Cuv. ; 

 conf. Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 270. 



Hah. Macassar {mns. nostr.); Tondano, in September {Forsten); Gorontalo, April 17, 24, 

 May; a chick newly hatched, August 4 {Von Bosenberg); Australia {Gould); New Caledonia 

 {Verreaux et 0. des Murs) ; Philippines {f,'/pe). 



The Celebean bird has the nape rusty as in Australian individuals. In the event of tlie 

 Philippine species pro\ang distinct, the birds from the other localities above given will require 

 a different title. Messrs. Finsch and Hartlaub (/. r.) have adopted Cuvier's title of j^cctoralis, 

 copied by Lesson (Tr. p. 536), for this species, although Dr. Pucheran {I. c.) had shown that 

 the type of B. pectoralis, Cuv., was 7?. lewinii, Swains, {conf. Hartl. J. fiir Orn. 1855, p. 420). 



