158 RALLID/^. 



a dark streak from the lores continued under the eye to the ear coverts ; a 

 broad white supercilium from above this to the nape ; wing coverts dark olive 

 brown, some of them tipped with whitish, and all broadly edged with ruddy ; 

 primaries and secondaries brown, some of the inner ones margined with 

 ruddy ; chin and throat plumbeous ; cheeks, foreneck, breast and centre of 

 abdomen plumbeous ashy, the feathers more or less fringed with ruddy ; sides 

 of the abdomen and of the body, axillaries and vent blackish, barred with 

 white ; under tail coverts white, each feather with a large black central patch ; 

 under wing coverts black, with white margins. Bill dull red, dusky on the 

 culmen and tip ; irides red brown ; legs and feet dirty pale green. 



Length. — lo to 10*5 inches; tail i"i\ wing 5"2; tarsus i"6; bill from 

 gape I '6. 



Hah, — From Bengal to Nepaul. Recorded from Arracan by Blyth. Fre- 

 quents patches of rush and grass at the edges of swamps and ditches. 

 A migrant to India. According to Jerdon it is a rare bird in Central and 

 Southern India, and has chiefly been found in the cold season. 



Gen. Rallina.— i?^/-:'^. 



Base of bill not prolonged over the forehead, feet shorter than in the Rails. 

 194. Rallina euryzonoides {La/resn.), Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1877, 



p. 767; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 772; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 113; Hume a?id 

 Marsh., Ga7ne Birds ii. p. 237, pi.; Oa/es, Sir. F. x. p. 242 ; Oales, B. Br. 

 Burjn. ii. p. 340; Murray, Avif. Bril. Ind. ii. p. 639, No. 1328. Gallinula 

 euryzonoides, La/resn., Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 368. Rallus zeylanicus, Gm., 

 Syst. Nal. I, p. 716. Porzana ceylonica, Blythy CaL B, Mus. As. Soc. Beng. 

 p. 285; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p 725; Hu??ie, Sir. F. i. p. 44O ; iii. p. 188; 

 Bourdillon in Blylh's B. Burin, p. 162. Rallina ceylonica, Wald. in BlyUis 

 B. Burnt., p. 162. — The Banded Crake. 



Whole head, neck all round and breast chestnut ; upper plumage, wings 

 and tail rich olive brown with a ruddy tinge on the back, rump, scapulars and 

 tertiaries ; quills with white bars on the inner webs ; chin and throat whitish ; 

 abdomen, vent, under tail coverts, sides of the body and under wing coverts 

 broadly barred with dark brown and white. Bill with the base of the upper 

 mandible and the greater portion of the lower green ; remainder of bill dark 

 brown ; irides blood red ; eyelids grey ; legs black. {Oales.) 



Lenglh.— io inches ; tail 2-2 ; wing 5-5 ; tarsus 17S ; bill from gape 1*3. 



Hab. — Thayetmyo in British Burmah, where Gates had a live specimen sent 

 to him by Colonel Horace Browne. In Ceylon it arrives in October in con- 

 siderable numbers, coming to that island in an exhausted condition. It 

 remains there till February. 



It has been found in Sikkim, Bhootan, Nepaul and in Goomsoor in the 

 Ganjam Districts. Mr. Hume got a specimen from the Assamboo Hills, and 



