1872.] FROM THE PELEW AND MACKENZIE ISLANDS. 107 



Rallina fasciata, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 831 ; H. & F. ibid. 



1868, p. 7. 



Three old and one young specimens (Capts. Heinsohn and Peters) 

 from Pelew. 



There is no difference whatever between these and specimens 

 from Java and Malacca. 



Long, al rostr. (ars. dig. med. 



4"5'"-4"9'" 9-0r \7i-\H"' 12-13" 



41. Rallus pectoralis, Less. 



Ra/lus philippensis, Haiti. P. Z. S. 1867. p. 831. 

 Rallus pectoralis, H. & F. ibid. 1868, pp. 8 & 117. 

 Three species from the Pelew Islands (Capts. Heinsohn and 

 Peters). In one the cinnamon cross band on the breast is well 

 marked, in the other barely visible ; in a younger one it is wanting 

 totally. In one the black feathers on the hind neck have only white 

 marginal spots; in the other they are barred distinctly with white. 

 Long. al. paud. culm. tars. dig. med 



5" 3"' 2" 4'" 13*'" 19'" 17'" (Pelew.) 

 4 9 — 12* 17 15 „ 



44 — 11 17| 16 



42. Ortygometra ciuadristrigata, Horsf. ; H. &F., P Z S 



1868, p. 8. 



Old and young birds from Pelew ( Capt. Peters) and Uap (Ku- 

 bary). This latter is a new locality for this extremely widely dis- 

 tributed species. 



As ,ve have already shown in our work on Central-Polynesian 

 Ornithology (p. 166), specimens from the Navigators' Islands and 

 Java agree in every respect. 



The size varies considerably. 



"Breeding-season in July and August. The bird, named by the 

 natives 'Bal,' lives in the wooded region, and is here plentiful. It 

 has a loud voice. Its nest is very roughly made in the grass. It 

 is often attacked by the Galufs (Hydrosau'rus marmoratus), a species 

 of Lizard about 3 feet long." (Kubary.) 



43. Porphyrio melanonotus, Temm., var. pelewensis, nob. 



Porphyrio melanotus, H. & F., P. Z. S. 1868, p. 8 (Pelew); id. 

 ibid. p. 117. 



Four specimens from the Pelew Islands (Capt. Peters), which 

 again prove the smaller size to be a constant character of the race of 

 the Pelew group, as they have the wings and tarsus always consi- 

 derably shorter. The bill and frontal shield vary as much as in 

 P. melanonotus, with which in coloration it agrees perfectly. As 

 in that species, the remiges show more or less a blue shining margin 

 along the outer web; the blue patch on the humerus in some spe- 

 cimens is brighter. If the notice " legs yellow," given formerly by 



