KALLID^E SAROTHRUEA 253 



Bill slender and short, slightly compressed, the culmen less than 

 half the length of the middle toe and claw ; nostrils pervious ; no 

 frontal shield; wings short and rounded, the secondaries falling 

 short of the primaries by much less than the length of the hind toe 

 and claw ; tail-feathers soft and decomposed, but projecting beyond 

 he coverts and not concealed ; tarsus short, less than the length of 

 the middle toe and claw ; toes not webbed. 



FIG. 79. Tail of Sarothrura rufa slightly schematised to show the decom- 

 posed feathers. 



This genus consists of nine species confined to Africa and 

 Madagascar ; three are found within our limits. 



A. Tail black with a few white spots S. rufa, p. 255. 



B. Tail chestnut, unspotted S. lineata, p. 253. 



C. Tail barred brown and black. S. elegans, p. 254. 



675. Sarothrura lineata. Jardine's Crake. 



Alechthelia lineata, Swains., An. in Menag. p. 339 (1837). 

 Gallinula jardinii, Smith, III. Zool S. Afr. Aves, pi. 21 $ (1839). 

 Corethrura ruficollis (nee Gray) Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 339 (1867) ; id 



Ibis, 1869, p. 377 ; Sliarpe, ed. Layard' 8 B. S. Afr. p. 616 (1884). 

 Corethrura lineata, Sliarpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 118 (1894) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. i, p. 177 (1896) ; Woodward Bros., Natal B., p. 169 (1899).' 

 Sarothrura lineata, Beiclienow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 288 (1900). 



