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97. Rallina superciliaris. The Banded Crake. 



(J 9f" to lOf". Legs leaden brown. Bill IJ", green. — Male: Crown, nape, 

 and back of neck rich chestnut. Back and wings olive. Chin and upper throat 

 white. Below, including wing-lining and lower tail-coverts, barred white and 

 dusky black. Old females resemble males, but without bars on wing-coverts. 

 India, Ceylon, Burma, and Malayan Peninsula. A winter visitor. Summer 

 quarters and breeding haunts unknown. (J. 912. B. 1395. H. & M. ii. 237.) 



98. Eallina fasciata. The Malayan Banded Cbaee. 



(J Sy to 9f " ; 2f to 4f oz. Legs coral-red. Bill slaty. Orbital ring, gape, 

 and skin of chin vermilion. Chin and throat whitish. Sides of neck and breast 

 chestnut. Above chestnut. Back and wings rufous. Abdomen heavily banded 

 black and white. From Burma, through Indo-Malayan region, to Celebes and 

 the Moluccas. (B. 1396. H. & M. ii. 235.) 



Also ill. euryzonoides, SJ", from the Philippines ; and one subspecies, JR. separia, from Lin- 

 Kiu Islands. 



J{. minahasa. lOJ". From Celebes and Sulu Islands. Mid toe and claw If". 



R. tricolor, llj". From N.E. Australia, New Guinea, and Am Islands. 



Also the genus Ocydromus, with wing-coverts lengthened. Three species from New Zealand — 

 0. australis, 19", the "Weka Kail; 0. eagli, 17i"; and 0. brachypterus, 174"; ^^^ one species — 

 0. insignis (extinct), from Chatham Islands. The Ocydrome, or Swift Bunner, has a skeleton 

 like the Dodo. The Maoris say that this bird interbreeds freely with common poultry. 



Also the genus Aphanapteryx, flightless and long billed (now extinct). 



A. iroecMi, from Mauritius ; A. Jiawkinsi, from Chatham Islands ; and A. leguati, from 

 Rodriguez. 



Also the genus Himatornis, with tarsus longer than mid toe and claw. One species — 

 SI JuermUopus, 15", from W. Africa. 



Also the genus Dryolimnas, with nostrils longitudinal and very narrow. One species — 

 X>. cuvieri, 9 J", from Madagascar and Mauritius; and one subspecies — D. aldabranus, lOJ", from 

 Aldabra Island. 



Also the genus Canirallus, with nostrils large, oval, and pervious. Mid toe and claw 0-85". 

 Two species — C. oeuleus, 13", from W. Africa; and C. kioloides, lOJ", from Madagascar. (B.M. 

 Cat., xxiii. 64-73.) 



Secondaries as long as the primaries. 



99. Rallina canningi. The Andamanesb Banded Crake. 



(J 13" to 14i". Legs olive-green. Bill H", pale green. Head, neck, and 

 above chestnut. Below black, banded white. Andaman Islands; Six eggs 

 (14 X 1-09), pinkish, streaked and blotched chestnut. (B. 1397. H. & M. ii. 241.) 



Also the genus Stidolimnas, with second and third quills equal and longest. One species — 

 S. sharpii, 9", from S. America. 



Also the genus Crecopsis. One species— C. egregia, 9", from tropical Africa. 



Genus AMAURORNIS. 

 Bill much shorter than mid toe and claw. Wing rounded, third quill longest ; 

 second quill as long as fifth or sixth. Secondaries shorter than primaries. Plum- 

 age more nearly uniform. Culmen sometimes swollen at base. Mid toe and 

 claw from 2|" to 2^". 



