74 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Species. 
w, Flanks olive-brown with narrow Miss bars, the bars sometimes wanting. 
fuscus (p. 74) 
a?, Flanks white, barred with dusky blackish.--..........-22..-.2.-2t.-.---+- paykulli (p. 74) 
65. LIMNOBAENUS FUSCUS (Linneus). 
RUDDY CRAKE, 
Rallus fuscus LINNX®US, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 262. 
Limnobenus fuscus SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 146; Hand- 
List (1899), 1, 105; Oates, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1901), 1, 120; Mc- 
GREGOR and WorCcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 17. 
Cagayancillo (McGregor); Leyte (Everett); Luzon (Cuming, Heriot, Steere 
Exp., Whitehead); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp.); Mindoro (McGregor) ; 
Negros (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 vinous-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 wing-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, 1904, 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; exposed 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. LIMNOBAENUS PAYKULLI (Ljungh). 
PAYKULL’S CRAKE. 
Rallus paykulli Launen, Sver. Vet. Akad. Handl. (1813), 258. 
Porzana paykulli STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 82. 
Limnobenus paykulli SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 149; Hand- 
List (1899), 1, 105; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 17. 
Basilan (Steere Exrp.). China, Eastern Siberia, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo. 
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