Birds of Celebes: Rallidae. 699 



Ibis 1880, 311, pi. VI; (3) Salvad., Om. Pap. 1882, IH, 261; (4) W. Bias., Ztschr. 

 ges. Om. 1886, 160; (5) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1894, XXTTT, 46. 



c. Hypotaenidia jentinki (1) Sliarpe, Notes Leyden Mus. 1893, XV, 268; (2) id.. Cat. B. 

 1894, XXm, 330. 



Figure and descriptions. Sclater IT (fig. inaccurate, fide Sharpe); Wallace a 1; Sharpe .5, 

 cl, c2. 



Adult. Similar to H. celebensis, but throat and fore-neck uniform black. Wing 145 mm; tail 

 58; tarsus 51; middle toe with claw 51; culmen 39 (ex Sclater, Sharpe). 



Observation. Other differences from H. celebensis have been urged, but not on good grounds; 

 Ml'. Wallace considered the bill longer, and Dr. Sclater, indeed, recorded it as 

 2.8 in.(!) from the gape, but 1.8 in. was no doubt intended; Dr. Sclater speaks of 

 the bird as smaller, but the measurements given by himself and Dr. Sharpe do not 

 bear out this statement. The latter says it is more uniform on the upper surface, 

 but H. celebensis shows great individual variation, as remarked above, in this respect; 

 H. jentinki, however, is said to be rufous brown, instead of olive-brown, on the back 

 and wings. 



Distribution. Sula Islands (Allen a 1, 5). 



The original examples of this Rail were obtained by Mr. Wallace's assis- 

 tant, Allen, who visited the islands of Sula Mangoli and Sula Besi; they were 

 described by Mr. Wallace as R. suldrostris . In 1893, Dr. Sharpe, overlooking 

 Mr. Wallace's description, named a bird in the Leyden Museum from Sula 

 Mangoli as H. jentinki. We can find no grounds, for supposing that this is 

 different from H. suldrostris, and, therefore, unite them. 



The Sulan Rail is very closely allied to the Barred Rail of Celebes, and 

 Prof. W. Blasius questions its distinctness. It has close affinities to the east 

 with H. saturata of New Guinea and Salawatti, which is said by Count 

 Salvadori to be a much larger bird, with a longer and stouter bill, and per- 

 haps differently coloured feet. 



GENUS RALLINA RchI). 



Bill shorter than the cranium, much shorter than the tarsus, moderately 

 stout, pointed, the nasal groove less than % its length and ceasing a little in 

 front of the anterior margin of the nostril; wing moderately large, 4"" and S"* 

 primaries longest; tarsus barely exceeding the middle toe and claw in length; 

 tail longer than the tarsus. 



The short bill, somewhat short toes, and size and shape of wing best serve 

 to distinguish this genus from its allies in Celebes. The genus occurs from 

 India, through the Archipelago, to Australia. 



j^ * 300. RALLINA MINAHASSA Wall. 

 Ferruginous-breasted Rail. 



a. Rallina minahasa (1) Wall, P. Z. S. 1862, 335, 346; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Ralli, Index 

 1865, 78; (3) Finsch, Neu Guinea 1865, 181; (4) Schl, Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. 1866, 



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