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Hypotsenidia philippinensis (Linn.). 



Hypotaenidia pliilippensis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 334 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 01 (1883) j North, Nests $ 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 328 (1889). 

 liallus pectoralis, Finsch # Hartl. Fauna Cetitralpolyn. p. 157, tab. iii. fig. 3 



(1807) ; Button, Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. Ill (1870) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 



1875, p. 446. 



Rallus pliilippensis, Butler, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 95 (1888). 

 Hypotaenidia philippinensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 39 (1894) ; 



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



The eggs of the Pectoral Rail vary from pinkish white to rather 

 bright salmon-pink, and the markings, which consist of well-defined 

 spots and blotches and sometimes of streaks, are pale purple and 

 reddish brown. Both sets of markings are most numerous at the 

 large end. Specimens measure from 1*35 to T67 in length, and 

 from 1-1 to 1'2 in breadth. 



1. Laid in coutinement(Lilford Aviaries). Lord Lilford [P.], 



1. Moreton Bay, N.E. Australia. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 3. Moreton Bay. Gould Coll. 



3. Australia. ' Gould Coll. 



5. Samoa (S. J. Whitmee). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Samoa. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C. 

 7. Samoa, Oct. Rev. S. J. Whitmee [C 



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Genus EULABEORNIS, Gould. 

 Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Gould. 



Eulabeornis castaneiventris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 338 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 01 (1883) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. 



ges. Orn. i. p. 294, tab. 17. tig. 3 (1884) ; North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 331 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 49 (1894). 

 Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 97 (1899). 



The single egg of the Chestnut-bellied Wood-Rail in the Collection 

 is almost elliptical in shape and possesses little gloss. The ground is 

 cream-coloured, and this is rather thickly speckled and blotched, in 

 a somewhat streaky manner, with deep reddish brown and pale 

 purple. It measures 2-15 by 1*45. 



1. Port Essiugton, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ARAMIDES, Pucker. 



Ar amides albiventris, Lawr. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Aramides albiventris, Scl. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1 868, p. 447 ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B.M. xxiii. p. 59 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 98 (1899). 



The eggs of the W 7 hite-bellied Wood-Rail are oval or sometimes bi- 

 conical in form and. have but a slight gloss. The ground is of a creamy- 

 white colour, and this is spotted and speckled with reddish brown 



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