HEMIPODIUS LEPURANA.— Smith. 



AvEs. — Plate XVI. (Male and Female.) 



M<u. — supra pallide rufus, llneis nigro-brunneis undatis variegatus ; intorscapularibus albo-marginatis ; 

 giila alba ; pectoris abdoniinisquc lateribus lactifloreis,* plumis versus apicem macula brunnea 

 sagittata ; jiectore in medio nitide rufo ; abdomine albo. Oculis pallide rubro-flavis; rostro pedibusque 

 pallide lilaeinis flavo-umbratis. 



LoxGiTUDO 5 unc. 



Fern. — cervieis parte postorioro pallide cinnamomea albo-striata ; interscapularibus dorsoquc nigro-brun- 

 neo, rufoquo fasciatis et albo-striatis ; pectoris lateribus maculis ovatis brunneis longitudiiialibus. 



Oktygis Lepvraxa, Rep. of Exped. App. page 55, June 183G. 



Colour. — ■{Male.) Above, the ground-colour is intermediate between pale 

 rufous and light chesnut ; on the upper surface of the head the feathers are 

 indistinctly barred with brown ; on the neck, back, and shoulders, nearest to 

 the body they are crossed by numerous slender black-brown bars, or irregular 

 crescents, and some of the shoulder coverts are besides delicately margined 

 with white. The eyebrows, sides of the head, and a stripe between the base 

 of the bill and nape of the neck rusty white, the feathers of the two first finely 

 tipped with brown. The inner vanes of the secondary quill coverts pale 

 rufous ; the outer vanes straw yellow inclined to white, and each of the latter 

 is crossed obliquely near its point by a well defined brown bar, the inner ex- 

 tremity of which terminates in an acute point. Primary quill coverts dark 

 brown ; the primary and secondary quill feathers greyish brown, the outer 

 vanes of the former finely edged with a pale buft" colour, those of the latter 

 broadly edged with cream yellow, and partially barred with the same colour. 

 Tail pale rufous, and crossed by numerous delicate waved brown lines. Chin 

 and throat dull white ; the middle of the breast pale Dutch orange, with a few 

 minute brown dots ; sides of the breast and belly white, with a yellowish 

 tinge, each feather with an arrow-shaped brown spot near its point ; centre 

 of the belly, and the thighs, white ; vent, and under tail-coverts, very pale 

 buff-orange ; bill and legs pale lilac ; eyes pale reddish-yellow. 



Form, &c. — Typical; bill moderately long and slender; in form approach- 

 ing that of the smaller rails {Porzmui, Vieill.) ; tail rather elongated, gra- 

 duated and pointed ; wings when folded reach nearly to the commencement 

 of the last half of the tail ; the first, second, and third quill feathers longest, 

 and nearly of equal length; the tertiaries slightly shorter than the longest 

 quill feathers ; tarsi rather slender, in front coated with two rows of scales, 



•" Kirby's Introduction to Entomology, vol. iv. p. 287. 



