336 TWO CENTENARIES AND A QUARTER 



Closely resembles the last ; but there is no white superciliary 

 line ; the bands on the flanks extend to the sides of tiie body ; 

 the wings are | inch, and the tarsus is ^ inch shorter. Total 

 length about 10 inches; bill 2; wings only 4| ; tarsus 1^ ; 

 middle toe and claw 2^. The under tail covers are black and 

 white ; those in the middle tinged with ferruginous. In both, 

 the bill and feet are light brown, probably red in the live 

 bird. 



165. Rallus hracMpus. 



Head above, and half way down the neck, rufous, 

 striped with black : the rest of the neck, back, rump, 

 and tail, black, striped with olive : wings, and body be- 

 neath, banded with black and white : belly whitish : 

 vent with a fulvous patch : chin white. Tarsus very 

 short. 



Inhabits Tasmania. Discovered by Adol. W. H. 

 Humphrey, esq. Mus. Nost. 



Total length about 10 inches; bill, gape I/^; wings 4; 

 tarsus f^ ; middle toe and claw nearly I5. For the size of 

 the bird, the sarsus of this and the next species is unusually 

 short : the carpal spur is nearly obsolete. Just behind tl>e 

 vent, and at the base of the under tail covers, is a patch of clear 

 fulvous or Isabella : the whole of the body beneath (except the 

 middle), as also the under tail covers, are strongly banded with 

 white on a black ground ; the sides of the head and neck are 

 rufous, without any black stripes : the whole of the wings, 

 with the sides of the breast and lower neck, are marked by 

 white bands : bill pale brown . legs greenish. 



166. Rallus Lewinii. 



Head above, and all the upper parts of the body, 

 black, striped with dark olive ; under parts, cinereous 

 grey: wings, and sides of the body beneath, with trans- 

 verse white spots and bands : under tail covers Isabella. 



Inhabits Tasmania. Named in memorial of Lewin 

 author of the first work on the Birds of Australia. 



Total length about 81 inches ; bill, gape 1^ ; wings 4^| ; 

 tarsus 1 ; middle toe and claw 1^. Size and general colour 

 of the last ; but there is no rufous on the head and neck, which 

 are of the same colour as the back ; all the under tail covers 

 are isabella colour, although their bases ai-e black. 



