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92. Hypotaenidia obscurior. The Andamanesb Banded Kail. 

 (J 11 J" to 12f". Legs slaty green. Bill If", Indian red. HeBembleB H. striata. 

 Face, sides of neck, and breast lead-grey. Forehead and crown dark maroon. 

 Above dark brown, banded white. The Andaman Islands. Four to six eggs 

 (143x1). (H. & M. ii. 253.) 



Also S. hrachypus, 7i", from W. and S. Australia and Tasmania ; and ff. muelUri, from 

 Auckland Islands ; and one subspecies (extinct), R. pacijka, from Tahiti. 



H. philippinensis, Hi", from Philippines to Celebes, the Moluccas, Australia, New Zealand, 

 and Pacific Islands ; and one subspecies, lOJ", from Macq^uarie Islands. 



Throat Hack, or Hack, barred white. 



H. torquata. 11". From Philippines. 



H. ceUbensis. ISJ". From Celebes. 



ff. jentinki. 11". From Sula Islands. 



IT. saturata. 13". From New Guinea. 



ff. sulcirostris. lOJ". From Sulu Islands. 



M. insignis. 12". From New Britain. 



Also the genus Cabalus, with genys distinctly decurved at tip. Mid toe and claw 2". 

 Three species — C. dieffenbachi, 7", and C. modestus, 7", from Chatham Islands ; and C. sylves- 

 tris, 12", from Lord Howe Island. 



Tarsus longer than mid toe and claw. 



Also the genus Eulabeornis, with no bare patch behind eye. Mid toe and claw from 2-2" to 2-7". 

 Three species — E. castaneiventris, 17", from N. Australia and Aru Islands ; E. pcecilopterus, 13" 

 from Fiji Islands ; and E. wood/ordi, 14^", from Solomon Islands. 



Also the genus Tricholimnas, plumage soft and hair-like. Mid toe and claw 2^". One 

 species — T. lafresnayanus, 17", from New Caledonia. 



Also the genus Gymnocrex, with bare patch behind eye. Two species — G. rosenbergi, T, 

 from Celebes; and G. plumbeiventris, 13", from Moluccas, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. 



Also the genus Aramidopsis. One species — A. plateni, 11 J", from Celebes. 



Also the genus Aramides, with tail somewhat shortened. Mid toe and claw from 205" to 34". 

 Eight species and three subspecies, from lOJ" to 16^", all confined to Neotropical region. 



Also the genus Megacrex, with frontal shield distinct and tail decomposed. Incapable of 

 flight. One species — M. inepta, from 17" to 21^", from S. New Guinea. 



Also the genus JSabroptila, small frontal shield, plumage black. Mid toe and claw 2-85". 

 One species — H. wallacei, 15", from the Moluccas. (B.M. Cat., xxiii. 37-63.) 



(ii.) Culmen shorter than mid toe and claw. 

 Genus CREX. 

 Bill shorter than head. Forehead feathered. Wing broad, second quill longest. 

 Eemiges twenty-six. Plumage striped above. Tail pointed, rectrices narrow. 



93. Crex pratensis. The Land-Bail or Cobncbaee. 



Crex=Kpi^, a Bail, in classical Greek. Cf. KpiK<i}=l strike so as to sound. 



(J 10". 5 9". Legs pale brown. Bill 1^", pale brown. In winter, crown, 

 hind neck, back, rump, and tail black, margined brown and grey. Wing rufous. 

 Chin, throat, and abdomen whitish. In summer the eye-stripes, cheeks, fore- 

 neck, and breast are grey. Young hatched with black down. Mid toe and claw 

 1 J". A single species. Migratory. Found in summer throughout Europe and 

 C. Asia, and in winter in Africa and Arabia. Said to occur in N. India. (B. 1391.) 



Also the genus (Enolimnas. One species, with uniform plumage. Mid toe and claw 2-6". 

 (E. isdbellina, 9", from Celebes. 



Also the genus Amaurolimnas. One species, with culmen as long as inner toe. Mid toe 

 and claw IJ". A. concolor, 9J", from C. America. 



Also the genus Anurolimnas. Two species, with tail obsolete. Mid toe and claw from 1-55" 

 to 1-7"- A. castaneiceps, 7", and A. hauxwelli, 6J", from S. America. 



