334< RALLID.E. 



throat reddish in the male, whitish in the female : the 

 shoulders in the adult spotted with white. 



B. Cauda truncatd. 



B. With the tail truncate, 



Sp. 3. Gl. australis. Linn. Trans. {Leach.) v.-sm.p. 132.^;/. xiv. 



male and female. 

 Gl. rufescente-Jiavida, caudu uropygioque alb is ; ilia Jascid supra 



nigra; gulu pallidiore ; cruribus ventreque fascia abdominale 



riifis ; rostro tcstaceo ad apicetn nigra. 

 Reddish-yellow Pratincole with the tail and rUmp white; the 



forehead with a black bar above ; the throat paler ; the thighs, 



belljs and abdominal fascia rufous 3 the beak testaceous^ black 



at the tip. 



Inhabits New Holland. 



Sp. 4. Gl. Isabella. Vieill. Diet. d'HisL. Nat. v. xiii. p. 221. — 



Vieill. Anal. Noiiv. Orn. Elem. p. 69. {P.) 

 Gl. sujjra isabellina, alis nigris, guld coUoque albis ad latera 



pectoreque supremo maculis obsoletis; ventre cauddque subtus 



albis. 

 Pratincole above Isabella colour, with the Avings black ; the throat 



and neck white, their sides and the upper breast obsoletely 



spotted ; the belly and tail white. 



Inhabits Australasia. The bend of the wing is 

 black, and the interior white ; the first quill is very 

 long, subulated and slender at the tip. 



GENUS CCCLVIIL— RALLUS Auctorum. RAIL. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. \. p. 191, 



GENUS CCCLIX.— CHIONIS, Forster. SHEATHBILL. 



Generic character : vide Slcph. v. xii, I . p. 280, 



