Birds of Celebes: Rallidae. (jg-j 



with, white, and by its small size. H. celebensis is uniform olivaceous above, and 

 entirely barred with black and white below, having a long rictal stripe of white. 

 H. philippensis is a rather common species in N. Celebes. Its habits are said 

 by Gould and Buller to be very similar to those of the Landrail (Crex pratensis) 

 of Europe. It rarely flies, but runs with great activity, keeps itself as much 

 concealed as possible, feeds on grasses, seeds, insects, swallowing sand to aid 

 its digestion. In captivity, Sir W. Buller found it seemed to prefer fresh meat 

 minced to any other diet. 



^ 298. HYPOTAENIDIA CELEBENSIS (Q. G.). 



Celebesian Barred Rail. 



a. Rallus celebensis (I) Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrol. Zool. 1830, I, 250, pi. 24, fig. 2; 



(2) Gray, List Grallae Br. Mus. 1844, 116; (3) WalLace, P. Z. S. 1862, 345; 

 (4) Briigg., Abb. Ver. Bremen 1876, V, 92; (5) Eosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167. 



b. Eulabeornis celebensis (1) Gray, Gen. B. LH, 595 (1846); (2) id., HL. 1871, IH, 57, 



Nr. 10376. 



Hypotaenidia celebensis (1) Bp., Compt. Rend. 1856, XLm, 599, Nr. 329; (2) Scbl, Mus. 

 P.-B., RalH, 1865, 22 (nee syn.); (3) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VHI, 95; (4) Pelz.. 

 Ibis 1873, 41, 43; (5) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, VIC, 677, 976; (6) 

 Rosenb., Malay. Arcbip. 1878, 278; (7) Sclat., Ibis 1880, 309; (8) Salvad., Om. 

 Pap. 1882, ni, 260; (9) W. Bias., J. f. O. 1883, 139; (10) Guillem., P. Z. S. 1885, 

 560; (11) W. Bias., Z. ges. Om. 1886, 160; (12) Sbarpe, Notes Leyd. Mus. 1893, 

 268; (13) id.. Cat. B. 1894, XXHT, 45, 230; (14) M. &Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 

 1895, Mai, Nr. 8, p. 17; (15) Andrews, Nov. Zool. 1896, 267—271; (16) Hart., 

 ib. 1897, 166. 



"Weris palingan", Minahassa, Nat. Coll. 



Figure and descriptions. Quoy & Gaimard a I; W. Blasius 11; Sbarpe 13. 



Adult, Above, burnt umber brown, waslied witb slate-grey on forebead and crown; a broad 

 stripe from lores to sides of nape black; below tbis a stripe of wbite from 

 rictus to sides of neck; malar region black; entire under-parts black, 

 narrowly barred witb wbite, the terminal fringes of the under tail-coverts pale cinna- 

 mon; the black and white barring of the sides of the breast continued on to some 

 of the inner lesser and middle upper wing-coverts; remiges below dusky brown, 

 obscurely notched on the inner webs with dull rufous; "ii'is blood-red, bill black, 

 feet grey-brown" — Platen in Mus. Berlepsch (ad., near Manado, Aug. — Sept. 1892: 

 Nat. Coll. — C 10942). 



In three other adult specimens — one a female, mother of the young described 

 below — the throat and cheeks are almost entirely black, the feathers crossed only 

 with narrow white terminal edges. 



Young. Above as in the adult; the plumage below softer, dusky, barred with white, more 

 buffy on chest, abdomen and under tail-coverts; throat whitish, mottled, rather than 

 barred, with dusky; inner webs of remiges for the most part rufous, vermiculated with 

 dusky; bill much shorter (juv., near Manado, Aug.— Sept. 1892: Nat. Coll. — 10943). 

 A second young one (moulting) has the cheeks and lower throat dusky black; 

 upper surface much darker (juv., near Tondano, Aug. — Sept. 92, Nat. Coll. — C 10956). 



Variation. There is considerable individual colour -variation in this species, irrespective of 



Meyer k Wigl es worth, Birds of Celebes (Nov. 27th, isg7). S8 



