258 SORA RAIL. 



|§, along the edge of the lower mandible \^ ; tarsus 1/^; middle toe l^''^, 

 its claw ^|. Weight 7 oz. 



Adult Female. Plate CCXXXIII. Fig. a. 



The Female differs considerably from the Male in colouring. The 

 naked parts and iris are similar, as are the upper parts generally ; but the 

 black around the base of the bill, on the head, and fore neck is wanting, 

 the fore part of the head being light brown, the chin whitish, the sides of 

 the neck light greyish- brown. The white lines of the back are duller, 

 and the dark bands of the sides of a lighter tint. 



Young Male. Plate CCXXXIII. Fig. 3. 



The Young Male, after its first moult, is intermediate in colouring 

 between the adult male and the female, but more like the latter, the black 

 on the head and fore neck appearing in spots, and the sides of the neck 

 being nearly as in the female. 



