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streaks and blotches varying from pale rufous to bright reddish 

 brown, and underlying pale purple. In some the markings are 

 small; in others they are large and often confluent, especially 

 at the large end. Specimens measure from 1-3 to 1-4 in length, 

 and from -95 to I'lo in breadth. 



1. Belgaum, 15th Aug. (E. A. Sutler). Hume Coll. 

 5. Belgaum, 15th Aug. (E. A. B.). Hume Coll. 



1. Wynaad, 26th Aug. Hume Coll. 



4. Sylhet, 22nd June (J. R. Cripps). Hume Coll. 



5. Pegu, 25th June (E. W. Gates). Hume Coll. 

 4. Pegu, 6th July (E. W. 0.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 15th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 17th July (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



4. Pegu, 1st Aug. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



3. Pegu, 3rd Sept. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



5. Pegu, 10th Sept. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Pegu, 1st Oct. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 

 2. Pegu, llth Oct. (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



2. Pegu, 1st Sept. (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



3. Pegu, 10th Sept. (E. W. O.). Seebohm Coll. 



12. Labuan. Sir Hugh Low [C.]. 



2. Formosa (R. Swinhoe). Seebohm Coll. 



Hypotaenidia obseurior, Hume. 



Hypota3iiidia obscuriora, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 253 

 (1879) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 400 (1890). 



Hypotaenidia obseurior, Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 37 (1894): 

 id. Hand-l. i. p. 95 (1899). 



The eggs of the Andamanese Banded Rail are of a bright salmon- 

 pink, marked with blotches of pale purple and reddish brown. The 

 two sets of markings blend together and are scattered evenly over 

 the whole egg. 



The two examples in the Collection measure respectively 1-30 

 by I'l and 1'43 by 1-1 ; but Mr. Hume, writing of a considerable 

 series, states that the eggs vary from 1-38 to 1-48 in length, and 

 from 1-05 to 1-14 in breadth. 



2. Aberdeen, Andamans (R. J. Wim- Hume Coll. 

 berley). 



Hypotaenidia brachypus (Swains.). 



Rallus brachipus, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 336 (1865) ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (1883) ; North, Nests $ Egg* 

 Austr. Birds, p. 329 (1889). 



Hypotaem'dia brachypus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 37 (1894) ; 

 id. Hand-l i. p. 96 (1899). 



The eggs of Le win's Water-Rail in the Collection are similar 

 to many of those of H. striata. The markings are of small size 

 and evenly distributed over the shell. The measurements of two 

 specimens are respectively : 1*3 by '98 ; 1-28 by '98. 



1. Australia ( Wilson). Gould Coll. 



1. Tasmania, 30th Oct. Gould Coll. 



