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Species. 



a 1 . Flanks olive-brown with narrow whitish bars, the bars sometimes wanting. 



fuscus (p. 74) 

 a 2 . Flanks white, barred with dusky blackish payknlli (p. 74) 



65. LIMNOBXENUS FUSCUS (Linnaeus). 

 RUDDY CRAKE. 



Rallus fuscus LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 262. 



Limnobawus fuscus SHABPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 146; Hand- 

 List (1899), 1, 105; GATES, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1901), 1, 120; MC- 

 GREGOR and WOBOESTER, Hand-List (1906), 17. 



Cagayancillo ( McGregor ) ; Ley te (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. LIMNOB/ENUS PAYKULLI (Ljungh). 

 PAYKULL'S CRAKE. 



Rallus paykulli LJUNGH, Sver. Vet. Akad. Handl. (1813), 258. 

 Porzana paykulli STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 82. 

 Limnobcenus paykulli SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 149; Hand- 

 List (1899), 1, 105; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 17. 



Basilan (Steere Exp.). China, Eastern Siberia, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo. 



