KALLIDa; 



SAEOTHKURA 



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Bill slender aad short, slightly compressed, the culmen less than 

 half the length of the middle toe and claw ; nostrils pervious ; no 

 frontal shield ; wings short and rounded, the secondaries falling 

 short of the primaries by much less than the length of the hind toe 

 and claw ; tail-feathers soft and decomposed, but projecting beyond 

 he coverts and not concealed ; tarsus short, less than the length of 

 the middle toe and claw ; toes not webbed. 



Pig. 79. — Tail of Sarothrura rufa slightly schematised to show the decom- 

 posed feathers. 



This genus consists of nine species confined to Africa and 

 Madagascar ; three are found within our limits. 



A. Tail black with a few white spots 8. rufa, p. 255. 



B. Tail chestnut, unspotted 8.lineata,^.15%. 



C. Tail barred brown and black 8. elegans,^. 254, 



675. Sarothrura lineata. Jardine's Crake. 



Alechthelia lineata, 8wains., An. in Menag. p. 339 (1837). 

 Gallinula jardinii, Sjnith, III. Zool. 8. Aft. Aves, pi. 21 ^ (1839). 

 Corethrura rufiooUis {nee Gray) Laijard, B. S. Afr. p. 339 (1867) ; ^c?. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 377 ; 8harpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. p. 616 (1884). 

 Corethrura lineata, 8harpe, Cat. B. M. xxiii, p. 118 (1894) ; Shelley, 



B. Afr. i, p. 177 (1896) ; Woodiuard Bros., Natal B., p. 169 (1899). 

 Sarothrura lineata, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 288 (1900). 



