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E. 



Var.' B. ^HE head in this variety is paler, and the ftreak over the eye 



Description. grey : the hind part of the neck tranfverfely ftriated brown, 



and white : the middle of the back, and fcapulars, white, with a 

 very little mixture of brown on the firft : wing coverts olive 

 brown, tranfverfely blotched with white ; fecond quills white on 

 the inner webs, on the outer olive brown ; the greater quills olive 

 brown, marked with large ferruginous fpots ; the firft wholly 

 white, the fecond white within : tail even with the end of the 

 quills, barred olive brown and white : all the under parts white : 

 bill and legs pale yellow brown. 

 Place. Inhabits Tongata.boo. In the collection of Sir Jofeph Banks. 



4. Rallus ftriatus, Lin. Syfi. i. p, 262. 5. 



Var. C. L e Ra] e ra y£ des Philippines, Brif. Orn. v. p. 167. 5. pi. 14. fig. 2. 



Le Tiklin raye, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 161. 



Description. 'THIS is in length eight inches and a quarter. Bill above an 

 inch and a quarter long, and horn-colour: crown of the head 

 dufky and chefnut mixed : hind part of the neck plain chefnut ; 

 the lower part of it, the back, and fcapulars, dufky brown, marked 

 with whitifh fpots : rump and upper tail coverts the fame, but 

 paler : on the wing coverts a few tranfverfe white flreaks : throat 

 rufous white : cheeks, fore part of the neck, breaft, and upper 

 part of the belly, afh-colour, with an olive tinge : the lower 

 part of the belly, fides, and thighs, barred dufky and white : 

 quills deep brown, barred with rufous white on the outer, and 

 with white on the inner webs : tail dufky brown barred with 

 white : legs grey brown. 



p LACE . Inhabits the Philippine IJles. 



Rallus 



