374 RAIL. 



brownish bands; under parts From the breast barred grey and brown, 

 least so on the belly, where it is almost white ; wings marked with 

 white, and chestnut spots; greater coverts barred with chestnut; 

 quills brown, the two first marked on the outer edge of each web 

 with white, and towards the shaft with chestnut; the others only 

 with the last colour ; tail dusky, the feathers edged with rufous grey, 

 all but the two middle spotted on the inner web with chestnut ; 

 legs grey. — Inhabits the Philippine Islands, where it is called Tiklin. 



A.— Philippine Rail, Gen. Syn.v. 231. Var. A. pi. S6. Ltd. Orn. ii. 756.4. D. 



This is ten inches long. Bill one inch and a quarter, and brown ; 

 nostrils in a long furrow, the head and sides, with the eye and nape, 

 ferruginous chestnut ; over the eye a pale streak ; upper parts of the 

 body brown, with a black and white transverse stripe near the end 

 of each feather; resembling black and white stripes on a brown 

 ground ; the hind part of the neck appears striated, on the back 

 more like spots, and more white than black; rump plain; the under 

 parts from the chin, and down the middle to the breast, light ash- 

 colour; but the sides of the neck, the breast, and belly, are striated 

 with black and white ; vent pale ferruginous brown ; wing coverts 

 like the back; quills spotted brown and white ; the tail is very little 

 longer than the wings ; legs flesh-colour; claws brown. 



Inhabits Otaheite. 



B.— Rallus striatus, Lin. i. 262. Gm. Lin. i. 714. Ind. Orn. ii. 756. 4. y. 

 Rallus Philippensis stiiatus, Bris.v. 167. t. 14. f. 2. 7d.8vo.ii. 255. 

 Le Tiklin raye, Buf. viii. 161. 

 Philippine Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 232. 4. C. 



LENGTH eight inches and a quarter. Bill horn-colour ; crown 

 of the head dusky and chestnut mixed ; hind part of the neck plain 

 chestnut; the lower part of it, the back, and scapulars, dusky brown, 



