66 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



The nest is placed on the ground and well concealed among reeds or 

 bunches of grass; usually situated near water or marshy ground. The 

 eggs vary in number from four to ten, and are usually much spotted 

 and streaked. The downy young are coal-black. 



Family KALLID^. 

 Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Subfamilies. 



a 1 . Toes without webs or lobes Rallinae (p. 66) 



a 2 . Toes lobate Fulicinae (p. 81) 



Subfamily RALLIN^G. 



Genera. 

 a 1 . No frontal shield. 



Z> 1 . Bill more slender; exposed culmen equal to middle toe without claw. 



Hypotanidia (p. 66) 



b 2 . Bill stouter; exposed culmen much less than middle toe without claw. 

 c l . Culmen not swollen at base; wing less than 140 mm. 



d 1 . Tarsus longer than middle toe with claw Eallina (p. 69) 



(P. Tarsus about equal to middle toe with claw or shorter. 



e l . Culmen decidedly longer than hind toe with claw; under tail-coverts 



banded with white. 



f 1 . Smaller; wing, 90 mm. or less; forehead, throat, and breast slate-gray. 



Porzana (p. 71) 



/*. Larger; wing, 100 mm. or more; forehead, throat, and breast chestnut. 



Limnobaenus (p. 73) 

 e 2 . Culmen but little longer than hind toe with claw; under tail-coverts 



unhanded Poliolimnas (p. 73) 



c 2 . Culmen slightly swollen at base but not forming a frontal shield; wing 



more than 150 mm Amaurornis (p. 75) 



a 2 . Frontal shield present ; legs and feet long and heavy. 



6 1 . Nostrils elongate; frontal shield narrower; terminal half of bill green or 



yellowish green. 



c 1 . Under tail-coverts pure white; tarsus less than 65 mm.. Gallinula (p. 77) 

 c 2 . Under tail-coverts not white; tarsus more than 75 mm.. Gallicrex (p. 78) 

 6*. Nostrils small and circular; frontal shield wider; bill all red. 



Porphyrio (p. 80) 



Genus HYPOT^E^IDIA Reichenbach, 1852. 



Bill slender ; abdomen and flanks black or brown, banded with white. 



Species. 



a 1 . Chin white; upper parts more or less spotted with white. 



b l . Smaller; wing less than 125 mm.; breast uniform; no white eyebrow. 



striata (p. 67) 

 b-. Larger; wing more than 140 mm.; breast barred with black and white; a 



white eyebrow * philippensis (p. 67) 



a*. Chin black; upper parts uniform torquata (p. 68) 



