(592 Birds of Celebes: Rallidae. 



remarkable when tlie geographical remoteness of the two forms from one another 

 is considered. 



Nothing is known of the habits of Aramidopsis. Arumides is said to frequent 

 "the thickest parts of the woods and perch during the night, and sometimes 

 even in the day-time, on the low trees or tufted bushes. The note of one of 

 the species is so loud and clear as to be heard at the distance of a mile, and 

 it is sometimes interrupted by sonorous whistling" (Gray, Gen. B. 1849, III, 594). 



GENUS HYPOTAENIDIA Rchb. 



C'ulmen longer than the cranium, but shorter than the tarsus, fairly straight, 

 slightly thicker at the base, nasal groove about Vs its length; tarsus shorter 

 than middle toe and claw; tail a little longer than the tarsus; wing small, 2""^ 

 or 3"^ primary the longest. The sides and flanks — sometimes the entire 

 under surface — are barred with black and white. The genus is found from 

 India and South China to Australia and New Zealand; it has occurred in 

 Mauritius. 



-296. HYPOTAENIDIA STRIATA (L.). 



Plumbeous-breasted Rail. 



a. Rallus striatus (1) Linn., S. N. 1766, I, 262 (ex Brisson); (2) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1863, 



321; (3) id., Ibis 1863, 427; (4) Jerdon, B. Ind. 1864, m, 726; (5) Finsch & 

 Conrad, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1873, 18 (sep. copy); (6) Joest, Holontalo 1883, 

 105; (7) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 362. 



b. RaUus gularis (1) Horsf., Tr. L. S. 1821, XTTT, 196; (2) Bernst., J. f. O. 1861, 190. 

 Hypotaenidia striata (1) Bp., Compt. Rend. 1856, XLHI, 599, Nr. 334; (2) Schl., Mus. 



P.-B., Earn, 1865, 24; (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VUI, 95; (4) ? Pelz., Ibis 1873, 

 40; (5) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 336; (6) Hume, Str. F. 1876, IV, 294; 

 (7) David & Oust, Ois. Cbine 1877, 488; (8) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, 

 VI, 468; (9) Legge, B. Ceylon 1880, 775; (10) Sclat., Ibis 1880, 312; (11) Bingh., 

 Str. F. 1880, rX, 197; (12) Butler, t. c. 432; (13) Wardl. Rams., Tweedd. Orn. 

 Works 1881, 660; (14) Bias. & Nehrk, JId. Ver. Natm-w. Braunschw. 1881, 60; 

 (15) A. MiilL, J. f. O. 1882, 437, 441; (17) Kelham, Ibis 1882, 189; (18) Gates, 

 Str. F. 1882, X, 242; (19) Nichols., Ibis 1883, 257; (20) Gates, B. Brit. Bui-mah 

 1883, n, 339; (21) Vorderman, N. T. Ned. Ind. 1883, XLH, 109; (22) Guillem., 

 P. Z. S. 1885, 273; (23) Hume, Str. F. 1888, XI, 329; (24) Everett, J. Str. Br. 

 E. A. S. 1889, 201; (25) Steer e. List B. & M. Philipp. 1890, 26; (26) Gates ed. 

 Hume's Nests & Eggs 1890, HI, 399; (27) Vorderm., N T. Ned. Ind. 189(1, 

 XLIX, 416; (28) Hagen, T. Ned. Aard. Genoots. 1890, (2) VH, 165; (29) Salvad.. 

 Ann. Mus. Civ Gen. 1891, (2) XH, 76; (30j De La Touche, Ibis 1892, 411; 

 (31) Sharpe, Notes Leyd. Mus. 1893, 267; (32) id., Cat. B. 1894, XXTTT, 33, 

 329; (33) Munn, Ibis 1894, 77; (34) Eick., t. c. 225; (35) Sharpe, t. c. 257; 

 (36) Bourns & Worces., Birds Menage Phihpp. Exped. 1894, 30; (37) M. & Wg., 

 Abh. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Mai, Nr. 8, p. 18. 



c. Rallus indieus (I) Echb., Fulicariae, Novit. figs. 2575—76 (1851). 



