394 THE CRUISE OF THE ' CUBAQOA' 



PLATE XXI. 

 EULABEOBNIS LAFB.ESNA YANUS. 



(Gallirallus liifresnayanus, J'err. and Desm. Eev. and May. dc Z. 1860,^. 437; Mcga- 

 podius ? Andertioni, G. S. Gr. ; Ocydromus lafresnayanus, Sclat. Vroc. Zool. Soc. 

 1S69, pp. 431, 472.) 



liufous brown, with a slight tiuge of olivaceous on the lower 

 part of tlie back ; top of the head dull slate colour ; eyebrows 

 and chin pale rufous grey ; beneath the body dull slate colour, 

 tinged on the neck and upper part of breast with rufous ; wings 

 armed with a bkuit tubercle and a sharp spine on the shoulder ; 

 quill fuscous black, under wing-coverts and axillaries black, 

 transversely banded with white. 



Length 19" 6'", wings 8". 



This bird is found, though of rare occurrence, in New 

 Caledonia ; its chief food appears to consist of insects. 



