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GENUS PEDIONOMUS. Hind toe present. 



576. P. torqiiatUS, Gld., Plain Wanderer. 



Adult male differs from female in having no rust colour on nape ; 

 collar round neck is buff and brownish, not so conspicuous, and upper 

 surface is washed with bright buff. 



Adult male, 5 '8 in. ; wing, 3'4 in. 



Adult female, 6 '3 in. ; wing, 4 in. 

 Hab. : 4, 6, 7- 



ORDER FULICAB.IJE (RAILS). 



Osteological characters, see Catalogue Fossil Birds, pp. 143-4, 



(Lydekker). 



FAMILY RALLID^. 



Hind toe always raised above the level of the others ; toes long and slender. 

 Palate schizognathous. 



GENUS HY POM} NIDI A. Culmen not so long as the tarsus. 



577. II. philippinensiS, Linn., Pectoral Rail. 



Breast barred with white, and more narrowly with black ; has a 

 white eyebrow. 



Hab. : 1 to 9. 



578. H. bracliypllS, Swainson, Slate-breasted Rail (Lewin's Rail). 



Breast uniform slate ; no white eyebrow ; back black, striped 

 with olive. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. 



GENUS EULABEORNIS. Wing coverts do not hide the quills. 



579. E. castaneiventris, Gld., Chestnut-bellied Rail. 



Adult Female General colour above dark ochraceous-brown ; 

 wing coverts like back ; primary coverts, quills, and tail reddish - 

 brown ; crown of head and entire sides of face clear slaty-grey ; 

 chin whitish ; pale vinous on throat ; lower throat and rest of under 

 surface vinous-chestnut ; under tail coverts, under wing coverts, 

 and axillaries deep chestnut. 



Total length, 17 in. ; culmen, 2 "2 in. ; wing, 8.5 in. ; tail, 4 '7 in. ; 

 tarsus, 2'75 in. ; middle toe and claw, 2 '7 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2. 



GENUS RALLINA. Secondaries do not reach to end of the primaries. 



580. R. tricolor, Gray, Red-necked Rail. 



Adult Male. General colour above dark slaty-brown, with olive 

 tinge on wings ; quills with whitish bars on inner webs ; inner 

 secondaries uniform, like back ; tail feathers blackish -brown,; crown 

 of head, hind-neck and upper mantle, sides of face and cheeks, 

 sides of neck, fore-neck, and breast rich chestnut ; throat yellowish- 

 brown, becoming chestnut on lower throat ; rest of under surface 

 slaty -grey, with few bars of buff. 



Total length, 11 '5 in.; culmen, 1'3 in.; wing, 5'7 in.; tail, 

 2*5 in. ; tarsus, 1*8 in. ; middle toe, 1*9 in. 

 Hab. : 2 



GENUS CREX. Plumage striped above ; tail pointed ; retrices narrow. 



581. C. Crex, Sharpe, Corn Crake. 



Winter Plumage. Eyebrow, face, and breast ochreous-brown. 

 Summer Plumage. Eyebrow, face, and breast grey. 

 [A single specimen obtained near Sydney in June, 1893. North.] 

 Total length, 10 in. ; culmen, 0'85 in. ; tarsus, 1*45 in. 



