Okdku GRALL^E.] 



[Fam. EALLID^i:. 



ORTYGOMETEA TABUENSIS. 



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Tahuan Rail, Lath, Gen. Syn, iii. pt. 1, p. 235 (1785). 



Rallus tabuensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 717 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Crex plimhea, Gray, in Griffith's Anim. Kihgd. iii. p. 410 (1829). 



Gallinula immaculata, Swains. Classif. of B. ii. p. 358 (1837). 



Rallus minufus, Forst. Descr. Anim. p. 178 (1844). 



Corethnira tabuensis, Gray, Gen. of B. iii. p. 595 (1846). 



Zapornia sjnlonota, Peale, U. S. Expl. Exp. p. 244 (1848). 



Porzana immaculata, Gould, B. Austr. vi. pi. 82 (1848). 



Porzana tahuensis, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 169. 



Zapornia iimbrina, Cass. Pr. Phil. Acad. viii. p. 254 (1856). 



Zapornia mnbrata, Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 29. 



Rallus minor, Ellman, Zool. 1861, p. 7470. 



PorzanaX tabiiensis, Gould, Handb. B. of Austr. ii. p. 341 (1865). 



Zapornia tabuensis, Gray, Hand-1. of B. iii. p. 63 (1870). 



•alpolyn. p. 167 (1867) 



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Native names. — Pueto and Putoto. 



suprk obscure chocolatinus, alis dorso concoloribus, primarlis nigricantibus, extus dorsi colore lavatis : 

 Cauda nigricante vix dorsi colore lavati : pileo sordide plumbescente, obscure brunneo adumbrato, facie 

 laterali paullo pallidiore : corpore subtus sordide cinereo, bypochondriis crissoque obsolete, subcaudali- 

 bus latiiis et magis conspieue albo transfasciatis : subalaribus cinerascenti-brunneis albo variis : rostro 

 nigricanti-bruniieo : pedibus pallide rubris : iride saturate rubrft. 



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Head, neck, and all the uuder surface dark slate-grey, shaded on the crown with dull brown, and 

 fading into light cinereous grey on the chin ; the whole of the back and upper surface of wings choco- 

 late-brown, becoming darker on the rump and upper tail-coverts; wing-feathers blackish brown, dusky 

 grey on their under surface ; the first primary narrowly margined on the outer web with greyish w hite • 

 tail-feathers dull brownish black ■ inner lining of wings slaty brown, largely varied with white ; axillary 

 plumes and feathers covering the flanks tinged with brown, the former presenting obsolete bars and the 

 latter minutely tipped with white ; under tail-coverts dark brown, with numerous transverse bars of 



Irides and eyelids bright red; tarsi and toes paler red; bill uniform brownish black. Total 

 length 7-25 inches ; wing, from flexure, 3-3 ; tail 2 ; bill, along the ridge -7, along the edge of lower man- 

 dible -8; bare tibia -4; tarsus 1 ; middle loc and claw 1-4; hind toe and claw 1-55. 



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