ORDER grall.t:. 401 



last colour clearer on breast, belly, vent, and rump. 

 Archipelago of the Mariannas. Called Sassegniat. 



A fourth, smaller, appears to have no tail. 



UAlectelie de Durville. Voy. du 

 Dup. pi. 38. 



Head, body, back, and belly, sooty-brown; throat, 

 ash ; wings, rounded, bromi, intermixed with foxy 

 lines ; bill, and feet, grey-white. Island of Guebe. 



Megap. a Pieds Rouges. Col. 411. 



Near the size of the former ; throat and cheeks, partly 

 naked ; head and nape, with small brown feathers ; 

 like M. Duperrey's species, but the feet are red. 

 Amboina. Discovered by Professor Reinwardt. 



A large species has been stated to exist in the 

 Celebes, known to the natives by the name of Maleo. 



In the tribe, whose wings are not armed, Linnaeus 

 comprehends, under the genus ^w/^ca, those whose 

 bill is prolonged into a kind of scutcheon or shield, 

 which covers the forehead ; and under the genus 

 ralliLSy those which have not this peculiarity. 



The Rails. Rallus, L. 



Which in other respects have a great inter-re- 

 semblance, but differ much in the proportions of the 

 bill. 



Among the species whose bill is longest, (Rallus 

 Bechst.) we reckon 



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