HYPOTJSNIDIi. TITTLABEOENIS. AKAMIDES. 1 13 



Hypotsenidia philippinensis {Linn.). 



HypotBBnidia philippensis, Goidd, Sandb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 334 (1865) ; 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (1883) ; North, Nests Sf 



Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 328 (1889). 

 Eallus pectoralis, Finsch §• Harti. Fauna Centralpolyn. p. 157, tab. iii. fig. 3 



(1867) ; Sutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. Ill (1870) ; Whitmee, Ibis, 



1875, p. 446. 

 Rallus philippensis, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 95 (1888). 

 Hypotsenidia philippinensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 39 (1894) : 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 96 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pectoral Eail vary from pinkish white to rather 

 bright salmon-pink, and the markings, which consist of well-defined 

 spots and blotches and sometimes of streaks, are pale purple and 

 reddish brown. Both sets of markings are most numerous at the 

 large end. Specimens measure from 1-35 to 1'67 in length, and 

 from l-l to 1-2 in breadth. 



Genus EULABEORNIS, Gould. 



Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Gould. 



Eulabeomis castaneiventris, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 338 (1865); 



Campbell, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 61 (1883) ; Meyer, Zeitschr. 



ges. Orn. i. p. 294, tab. 17. fig. 3 (1884) ; North, Nests ^ Eggs Austr. 



Birds, p. 331 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 49 (1894). 

 Eulabeornis castaneiventer, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 97 (1899). 



The single egg of the Chestnut-bellied Wood-Rail in the Collection 

 is almost elliptical in shape and possesses little gloss. The ground is 

 cream-coloured, and this is rather thickly speckled and blotched, in 

 a somewhat streaky manner, with deep reddish brown and pale 

 purple. It measures 2-15 by 1"45. 



1. Port Essington, N. Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus ARAMIDES, Pwiher. 



Aramides albiventris, Lawr. 



(Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Aramides albiventris, Scl. ^ Sah. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 447; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B.M. xxiii. p. 59 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 98 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-bellied Wood-Rail are oval or sometimes bi- 

 conical in form and have buta slight gloss. The ground is of a creamy- 

 white colour, and this is spotted and speckled with reddish brown 



