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size, the wing barely 3 inches in length, T. maculosa is of large size, the 

 wing, even in the smallest male, not being less than 3*3 in length, The 

 latter species may further be distinguished by the presence of large roundish 

 black spots on the sides of the breast and body. 



Order XIII. GERANOMORPH-E. 

 Suborder FULICARI.E. 



Family RALLID^E. 

 Subfamily BALLING. 



Genus HYPOT.ENIDIA, Reich. 

 692. HYPOTJENIDIA STRIATA. 



THE BLUE-BREASTED BANDED BAIL. 



Rallus striatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 262 ; Jerd. B. Ind.ii. p. 726. Hypotaenidia 

 striata, Wald. Trans. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 95 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 605 ; 

 Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 336 ; Wald. Ibis, 1874, p. 146 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 161 ; 

 Hume, S. F. in. p. 189 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. p. 349 ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 471 ; Oates, S. F. v. p. 165; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 488 ; Tweedd. 

 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 768 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 468 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. 

 p. 692; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 775; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 113; Bingham, S. F. 

 ix. p. 197 ; Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds, ii. p. 245, pi. ; Oates, S. F. x. p. 242 ; 

 Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 189. 



Description. Male and female. Forehead, crown, nape and the upper 

 side of the neck chestnut, pure in old birds, variegated with brown in 

 younger ones ; the upper plumage, wing-coverts and tertiaries blackish 

 brown, each feather broadly edged with olive-brown and barred with white; 

 primaries, secondaries and tail dark brown, barred with white on both webs ; 

 chin and throat dull white ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, sides of the neck, 

 fore neck and breast bluish grey with a rufous tinge : sides of the abdomen 

 and of the body, vent, under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts dark 

 brown barred with white ; centre of the abdomen dull white. 



Basal half of bill rose-pink, anterior half horn-colour ; iris red ; legs 

 and toes deep olive-brown ; claws pale brown. 



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