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Professor Schlegel (I. c.) has identified Eyton's species with P. cinereiis, Vieill. ; and 

 Drs. Finsch & Hartlaub (I. c.) with B. quadristrigatus, Horsf. The species, however, 

 is not included in Dr. Jerdon's work as an inhabitant of India. 



Htpot^nidia, Reichenbach. 



152. Htpot^nidia cblebensis (Quoy et Gaimard), Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p. 250, 



" Celebes," pi. 24. f. 2 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 22. 



Hah. Menado (Forsfen); Gorontalo, Limbotto (Von Rosenherg). 



This is a representative form of the Philippine Rallus torquatus, Linn. (Schlegel, 

 I. c). Von Pelzeln (Novara, yives, p. 134), with doubt, refers an example of a young 

 Pail from Borneo to the Celebean species. 



153. Htpot^nidia striata (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 262 (1766), ex Brisson, 



" Philippines." 

 Rallus f/ularis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 196, "Java" (1822). 



HaJ). Philippines {type) ; all India and Ceylon, Burmah {Jerdon) ; Sumatra {Raffles) ; 

 Java {Horsf eld) ; Cochin-china {Biard) ; Formosa {Swinkoe) ; China {Mus. Lugd.) ; 

 Menado {Wallace); Banjarmassing {Sclater). 



Mr. Wallace obtained near Menado a female example of a Rail which so well agrees 

 with Brisson's description of the Philippine bird, that I have little hesitation in making 

 the above identification. It must, however, be noted that, in the specimen referred to, 

 the under tail-coverts are distinctly pale rufous and black, and not white and black. 



154. Htpot^nidia philippensis (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 263 (1766), ex Brisson, 



Orn. V. p. 163, "Philippines;" Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 25. 

 Rallus pectoralis (Cuvier), Lesson, ap. Finsch et Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 157, nee Cuv. ; 

 conf. Pucheran, Eev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 276. 



Hob. Macassar {mus. nostr.) ; Tondano, in September {Forsten) ; Gorontalo, April 

 17, 24, May; a chick newly hatched, August 4 {Von Rosenherg); Australia {Gould); 

 New Caledonia ( Verreaux et 0. des Murs) ; Philippines {type). 



The Celebean bird has the nape rusty as in Australian individuals. In the event of 

 the Philippine species proving distinct, the bii-ds from the other localities above given 

 will require a difi'erent title. Messrs. Finsch & Hartlaub (/. c.) have adopted Cuvier 's 

 title oi pectoralis, copied by Lesson (Tr. p. 536), for this species, although Dr. Pucheran 

 {I. c.) had shown that the type of R. pectoralis, Cuv., was R. lewinii. Swains, {conf. 

 Hartl. J. fur Orn. 1855. p. 420). 



Rallina, Reichenbach. 



155. Rallina minahasa, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 346, " Sula Islands, Minahasa." 

 Hah. Minahasa (N. Celebes), Sula Islands {Wallace). 



