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Long-billed Rail. RaUus Lotigirostris. En. 849. 



Above, faint ash-colour ; chin, nearly white ; ferru- 

 gineous white underneath. Cayenne. 



Variegated Gallinule. Lath. RaUus Variegatus. 

 Enl. 775. 



Head, neck, and all above, variegated black and white; 

 Beneath, same, but irregularly. Cayenne. 



Philippine Rail. Lath. RaUus Philippensis. 

 Enl. 774. 



Feathers, above, dusky, edged with rufous-grey; 

 under parts barred, grey and brown ; and almost 

 white on belly. Philippine Islands. 



Banded Rail. Lath. RaUus Torquatus. Lin. 



Plumage, above, olive-brown ; chestnut-band above 

 the breast. Philippines. 



Striated Rail. RaUus Striatus. Lin. R. Philip- 

 pensis. Var. B Lath. 



Crown of head, dusky and chestnut, mixed ; back, 

 and scapulars, dusky brown, with whitish spots ; trans- 

 verse white streaks on wings ; quills, deep brown, 

 barred with rufous-white on the outer, and white on 

 the inner webs. Philippine Isles. Brisson v. t. 14, 

 f.2. 



Cayenne Gallinule, Lath. Fulica Cayannensis. 

 Enl. 352. 



A true rail. Chin, sides of head, and part of fore 

 neck, greyish- white ; head, rest of neck, abdomen, and 

 thighs, dusky grey-brown ; back and wing-coverts, 

 D D 2 



