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CLASS AVES. 



on each side. Java. Length, eight inches and 

 a half. 



Ceylon Rail, Lath. R. Ceylonicus, Gmel. Brown 

 lUust. t. 37. 



Ferrugineous ; beneath, pale-red, brown clouded ; 

 head, blackish ; bill and feet, red. Ceylon. 



There have also been indicated, 



Red-breasted Rail, R. Ferrugineus. Pacific Rail, 

 R. Pacificus, Gmel. Otaheite. Tabuan Rail, R. 

 Tabuensis. Troglodite Rail, R. Australis, and R. 

 Troglodytes. Sandwich Rail, R. Sandwicensis, Gmel. 

 Otaheite Rail, R. Taitiensis, and Duslcy Rail, R. 

 Obscurus, Gm. from the Islands of the Pacinu ; but 

 they have not been figured. Rallus Barbaricus and 

 R. Dubius, are both doubtful species. 



Other species (Crex. Bechst.) have the bill 

 shorter. 



They form the genus Porxana, Vieill. Ortygonometra, 

 Steph. and Zapornia, Leach. 



Among them are ranged, 



Crake Gallinule, Lath. Rallus Crex, L. Enl. 7^0. 

 Frisch. 212. B. Naum. 5. f. 5. 



Fulvous-brown, spotted with blackish above ; grey- 

 ish, underneath ; sides, striped with blackish ; red 

 wings. It lives and nestles in the fields, running 

 through the grass with much quickness. Its Latin 

 name, crex, is the expression of its cry. It is called 

 by the French, king of quails, because it arrives and 



