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marked with whitish spots; rump and upper tail coverts the same, 

 but paler; on the wings a few transverse white streaks ; throat rufous 

 white; cheeks, fore part of the neck, breast, and upper part of the 

 belly, ash-colour, tinged with olive; lower belly, sides, and thighs, 

 barred dusky and white; quills deep brown, barred with rufous 

 white on the outer, and with white on the inner webs ; tail dusky 

 brown, barred with white ; legs grey brown. 

 Inhabits the Philippine Isles. 



C— Philippine Rail, Gen. Syn. v. '232. B. Ind. Orm ii. 757. 4. 5. 



In this Variety the plumage is paler, and the streak over the eye 

 grey, the hind part of the neck striated across brown and white; 

 the middle of the back and scapulars white, with a very little mix- 

 ture of brown on the first; wing coverts olive brown, transversely 

 blotched with white ; second quills white within, without olive 

 brown ; the greater olive brown, marked with large ferruginous 

 spots; the exterior wholly white, the second white within; the 

 quills and tail of equal lengths, the latter, barred olive brown and 

 white ; all the under parts of the body white ; bill and legs pale 

 yellow brown. 



Inhabits the Isle of Tonga-taboo. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



D. — Philippine Rail, Gen. Syn. Sup. 255. Ind. Orn. ii. 757. 4. c. 



In this the bill is red ; plumage reddish rufous colour ; the back 

 darker, spotted across with white ; wings nearly the same ; the quills 

 not spotted ; beneath from the chin to the belly pale ash-colour, 

 from thence white ; legs pale green. 



Inhabits India, and called Chaha. We have seen other Varieties* 

 but probably arising from imperfect plumage. 



