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161. Rallus sanguinolentus. 



Bill green, with a red spot at the base of the under 

 mandible: plumage_, above, olive brown j beneath, cinere- 

 ous and unspotted : tail brown ; the under covers black. 



Inhabits Brazil and Chili. 



Total length about 1 1 inches ; bill, gape 2 ; wings 5 ; 

 tarsus 1^ ; middle toe and claw 2^^. Both mandibles of the 

 bill slightly curved. There is no white on the chin, as in the 

 next. 



162. Rallus ccbsius. 



Olive brown : beneath, dark cinereous : tail feathers, 

 and the upper and under covers, black : chin whitish. 



Inhabits Brazil. Gallinula ccesia ? Spix, Av. Braz. 

 ii. p. 95. 



Total length about 1 1 inches ; bill, gape 2 ; wings 5 ; 

 tarsus 1^ ; middle toe and claw 2^^^. Bill straight, green, the 

 base yellowish : irides rufous : feet Indian red. In size and 

 colour closely resembles the last ; but the bill is less curved ; 

 and both the tail, and its upper and under covers, are deep 

 black : the chin, also, is much whiter. I suspect these two 

 have been confounded by more than one author. 



163. Rallus super ciliosus. 



Front with a lateral white stripe before the eye : 

 plumage, above, brown ; beneath, cinereous : flanks 

 banded. Tarsus 1 ^ inch long. 



Inhabits South Africa. 



Total length about 12 inches; bill 2; wings 5; tarsus li; 

 middle toe and claw 2^L. Chin white : belly tinged with fer- 

 ruginous : flanks black, with transverse white bands : the 

 shorter or external under tail covers black, tipt with ferru- 

 ginous ; the inner or longer ones white, with terminal black 

 bands : lower part of the back, and all the tail, black : feet 

 and bill probably red in the live bird. 



l64. Rallus neglectus. 



Plumage, above, brown; beneath, cinereous: sides of 

 the body, flanks, and under tail covers, banded white 

 and black. Tarsus 1 \ inch long. 



Inhabits Brazil } Mus. Nost. 



