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Professor Schlegel (I. c.) has identified Eyton's species with P. cinereus, Vieill. ; and 

 Drs. Finsch & Hartlaub (I. c.) with R. quadristrigatus, Horsf. The species, however, 

 is not included in Dr. Jerdon's work as an inhabitant of India. 



HtpoTuENIdia, Reichenbach. 



152. Htpotjenidia celebensis (Quoy et Gaimard), Voy. Astrol. Zool. i. p. 250, 



" Celebes," pi. 24. f. 2 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, RalU, p. 22. 



Hab. Menado (Forsten) ; Gorontalo, Limbotto (Von Rosenberg). 



This is a representative form of the Philippine Rallus torquatus, Linn. (Schlegel, 

 I. c). Von Pelzeln (No vara, Aves, p. 134), with doubt, refers an example of a young 

 Pail from Borneo to the Celebean species. 



153. Hypot^nidia striata (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 262 (1766), ex Brisson, 



" Philippines." 

 Rallus gularis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 196, "Java" (1822). 



Hab. Philippines (type) ; all India and Ceylon, Burmah (Jerdon) ; Sumatra (Raffles) ; 

 Java (Horsjield) ; Cochin-china (Diard) ; Formosa (Swinhoe) ; China (Mus. Lugd.) ; 

 Menado (Wallace); Banjarmassing (Sclater). 



Mr. "Wallace obtained near Menado a female example of a Rail which so well agrees 

 with Brisson's description of the Philippine bird, that I have little hesitation in making 

 the above identification. It must, however, be noted that, in the specimen referred to, 

 the under tail-coverts are distinctly pale rufous and black, and not white and black. 



154. Htpot^nidia philippensis (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 263 (1766), ex Brisson, 



Orn. v. p. 163, "Philippines;" Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, RalU, p. 25. 



Rallus pectoralis (Cuvier), Lesson, ap. Finsch et Hartl. Faun. Centralpolyn. p. 157, nee Cuv. ; 

 conf. Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 276. 



Hab. Macassar (mus. nostr.) ; Tondano, in September (Forsten) ; Gorontalo, April 

 17, 24, May; a chick newly hatched, August 4 (Von Rosenberg); Australia (Gould); 

 New Caledonia (Verreaux et 0. des Murs); Philippines (type). 



The Celebean bird has the nape rusty as in Australian individuals. In the event of 

 the Philippine species proving distinct, the birds from the other localities above given 

 will require a different title. Messrs. Finsch & Hartlaub (I. c.) have adopted Cuvier's 

 title of pectoralis, copied by Lesson (Tr. p. 536), for this species, although Dr. Pucheran 

 (I. c.) had shown that the type of R. pectoralis, Cuv., was R. lewinii, Swains, (conf. 

 Hartl. J. fur Orn. 1855, p. 420). 



Rallina, Reichenbach. 



155. Rallina minahasa, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 346, " Sula Islands, Minahasa." 

 Hab. Minahasa (N. Celebes), Sula Islands (Wallace). 



