ORDER GRALL^. 405 



Rallies Giganteus. Ch. Bonap. 



Blackish, glossed with green ; feathers, white streaked 

 in the middle ; rump-quills and tail-feathers, spotless, 

 first quills, filiform. Length, twenty-five inches. 

 South America. 



Chericote Gallinule, Lath. H. R. Chericofe, Vieill. 

 R. Nigricans, Var. Vieill. ; the Chericote. Azara. n. 



Head and neck, lead-coloured.: back and wings, olive- 

 brown ; quills, reddish ; lower wing-coverts, reddish- 

 black ; chest and belly, banded, pale-red ; rump, vent, 

 tail, and thighs, black. Length, fourteen inches. 



R. Melanurus, Bonap. R. 

 Nigricans, Id. 



Slate-brown ; neck above, brown ; back and wings, 

 olive-bro^vn ; quills, reddish ; lower wing-coverts, red, 

 black banded ; rump, vent, and tail, black. Length, 

 fourteen inches. South America. 



Cape Rail, Lath. R. Capensis, Lin. Brow. 

 lUust. 88 



Ferrugineoiis ; beneath, black and white banded. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Gular Rail, Lath. H. R. Gularis, Horsf. 



Black-brown, white warved; top of head, ferrugineous; 

 throat, white ; chest, deep lead-colour r belly, white 

 banded. Java. Length, twelve inches. 



Four-streaked Rail, Lath. H. R. Quadristriatus, 

 Horsf. 



Above, brown mixed with yellow ; beneath, pale ; 

 throat, whitish ; head, black, with two white streaks 



