1877] THE ORNITHOLOGY OP THE PHILIPPINES. ^^^ 



63. Charadrius FULVUS (159). 

 [Cebu, male and female, April.] 



Two of the male examples are in almost full breeding-plumage, a 

 few only of the chin- and throat-feathevs not being black. 



C4. GalLINULA CHLOROPUS (169). 



[Cebu, female, juv., March. Iris crimson, bill dirty orange- 

 yellow, brown at the base, legs grass-green, nails brown, h. Cebu, 

 female, April. Iris crimson, bill light brown, fipical portion light 

 greenish, legs green.] 



65. Ortygometra cinerea (172). 



[Cebu, male, March. Iris crimson, bill greenish brown, legs dull 

 greenish, nails brown, h. Cebu, female, March. Iris crimson, 

 maxilla greenish brown, mandible green, legs dull greenish, nails 

 brown.] 



66. Rallina euryzonoides. 



The Rail, Brown, Illustr. p. 94, t. xxxvii., "Ceylon" (1776). 



Gallinula eurisonoides, Lafresn. Rev. Zool. 184.5, p. 368. 



Rallns zeylanicus, Gm. S. N. i. p. 716. no. 17; Jerdon, B. Ind. 

 iii. p. 725, nee Gm. 



Rallus zeylanicus, Gm., I. c. auctt. recent, nee Gm. 



[Cebu, male, April. Iris brilliant red. b. Cebu, female, April. 

 Iris bright brick-red, bill blackish, the base tinged light green, tip 

 greyish, legs dull greenish leaden, feet dark lead-grey, nails grey.] 



The two examples obtained by Mr. Everett do not quite agree 

 with Ceylon and Continental-Indian individuals, inasmuch as the dark 

 banding below appears much blacker, broader, and more decided, 

 and the dorsal colouring is browner. Still, since it is impossible to 

 select any tnarked characteristic difference, and as this Rail is pro- 

 bably a migrant, as in Ceylon, I refer these Philippine birds to the 

 Indian species. Mr. Blyth was of opinion that the race found in the 

 Philippines was barely distinguishable (Jerd. I. c). 



Brown (/. c.) described and figured, under the title of The Rail, 

 this species from a Ceylonese example obtained by Governor Loten. 

 At p. 96 he also described, and on plate xxxviii. he figured, a distinct 

 bird from the same source under the title of Rail. Gmelin (/. c.) 

 copied Brown's description of his Rail, and bestowed on it the title 

 of Rallus zeylanicus. But Gmelin, while correctly quoting p. 96 of 

 the Illustrations, incorrectly referred to plate xxxvii., on which is 

 depicted Brown's The Rail. On Brown's description of The Rail 

 Gmelin founded no title ; but when incorporating the Linnsean species 

 Rallus capensis (Mantissa, p. 520) in his edition of the ' Systema' 

 (/. c. No. 11) and more or less transcribing the Linnaean diagnosis, 

 he followed Latham (Synop. iii. pt. i. p. 234. no. 8) and referred 

 the Linnsean bird to the one described by Brown at p. 94 as well as 

 to the one figured by Brown on plate xxxviii. Latham made the 

 identification with a note of interrogation. Gmelin in both cases 

 associated the wrong plate with the pages containing Brown's descrip- 



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