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CC. Toes provided with conspicuous lateral lobes or flaps; primaries 

 about equal to secondaries. (Sub-family Fiiliciiur.) (Page 24.) Ful'ica. 



Genus PEN'NUI^A Dole. 



General color above dark ruddy brown with darker centres to the feathers, pro- 

 ducing a somewhat mottled appearance ; wing coverts like the back and very much 

 elongated; quills blackish with rusty brown outer edges ; tail feathers blackish, com- 

 pletely hidden by the feathers of the rump; head more uniform brown with a ruddy 

 tinge; sides of the face like the top of the head; throat and under surface of the body 

 dark vinaceous ruddy, a trifle paler shade on the throat. (Measurements from the 

 two mounted specimens in the INIuseum from Mills colledlion.) Length about 5.50, 

 wing 2.70 do., tail .75 do., tarsus i.oo, 108, toe ( ? ) .85, culmen .75-.76, depth of bill 

 .30 do."''' H(xh. The uplands of Hawaii ; rare or extinct. 



39. P. ecauda'ta ' Kini;. Sandwich Rail, Moho. 



Gknv.s P0R:^AN'UI<A Froiiawk. 



I'^pper parts generally sandy brown with ])lack centres to the feathers ; .some- 

 times white in the centre of the back or rump; wing coverts uniform with the back 

 except for the black streaks; sides of the head, throat and breast dark ashy grey; flanks 

 and under tail coverts sandy brown, like back, with occasional white spots ; under wing 

 coverts sandy buff; wing and tail feathers brown with sand\- margins. Length about 

 6.00, wing 2.18-2.25, tail i.oo-i.io, culmen .65-.80, middle toe 1.10-1.30. Hah. Lavsan. 

 PI. XXIV., 7911, 7912. 40. P. palm'eri Froh. I^aysan Rail. 



Genus GAI,I,IN'UI,A Brisson. 



Uniform plumbeous, sides of body streaked with white; base of lower mandible 

 red vermilion like shield ; bill tipped with greenish ^'ellow. Male: General color of 

 the back dark olive brown reflecfling ruddy brown ; head and neck blackish fading into 

 slate-grev on the upper neck and under parts. Winter adult: Similar, but frontal shield 

 smaller. Yi)iiug: Soot}' black more or less mixed with white belo\\-. Adults in the 



-- Mr. Wils^m. iloul>Uess in error, gives total length aliout 13.00. winy; 6.00, tar.su.s 3.25. niitUlle toe witli cl.iw ju.st under^.oo, cnliuen .7,s. 



-3 Mr. Scott li. Wil.son, in di.sciissing the grenu.s I'ennnla ( Aves Havvaiiensis. p. 171-17S) fintl.s ,y:ronnds for the making of three .specie.s — two 

 species in addition to the typical P. namiala. His description of /'. ^aitd'.'irensU (Ginel.) is based on the drawing executed by Mr. \V. \V. Kllis 

 in 1779, to which Mr. Wilson appends I.atham's description which is as follows : ""Size small ; bill dnsky ash color ; general color of the plnni- 

 age pale ferruginous : the feathers on the upper parts darkest in the middle : tail short, hid by the upper coverts : legs dusky flesh color. 

 Inhabits Santhvich /i/rs. Was also found on the island of 7'auita; but the plumage is darker on the upper parts and the bill and legs yellow- 

 ish. — .Sir Joseph Banks." The Ellis drawing is only the crudest suggestion of the general form of a Frniitila, w-hile Latham's description is 

 very meagre ; and since there seems not to be a single example in any museum, and "'no example of the Sandwich Kail has been met with 

 within human memory." it is quite possible that the drawings and description could have emanated from, and therefore should be referred to. 

 the well known extinct and exceedingly rare r'tduiiii/ti of Kin.g (17\5). Pinitiila ivihoni is liased "on the so-called "Sandwich Kail' in the I.eiden 

 Museum." The original description by Dr. (1. Fiiisch is here api)ended. "Schlegel's t^■pe in the Leiden Museum : I'pper parts dark nuldv 

 brown with blackish centres to the feathers of the back and wings, producing on these parts well marked longitudinal stripes ; head and 

 neck somewhat lighter and uniform ruddy brown like the sides of the head and neck ; under parts uniform rusty brown shading into vinous 

 red. a little darker on the flanks; middle of chin somewhat lighter: anal region and lower tail coverts dark vinous red forming a well 

 marked darker patch ; primaries blackish very narrowly margined with lirown on the outer webs ; broad and lax upper tail coverts with 

 very narrow light rusty brown apical margins, showing as lighter undulations: bill and feet light horny brown (as far as can be judged 

 greenish in life). .S>-.r ami luthttiit unknown." Measurements {I.e. Kinsch) : Total length is" mm., wing 73 mm., culmen iq mm., tarsus 

 30 mm., tibia 7 mm., middle toe and claw ^s mm. 



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