376 RAIL. 



9— BANDED RAIL. 



Rallus torqnatus, Ind. Orn. ii. 757. Lin. i. 262. Gm. Lin. i. 714. Bris. v. 170. 



t. 15. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 255. Borowsk. iii. 102. 4. 

 Le Tiklin a Collier, Buf. viii. 162. 

 Banded Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 233. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill one inch and a half long, grey 

 brown; the plumage on the upper parts olive-brown; cheeks and 

 throat dirty black ; under the eye, from the bill, a streak of white, 

 finishing some way behind it ; the under parts, from chin to vent, 

 streaked across with black and white, except just above the breast, 

 where a chestnut band, three quarters of an inch broad, encircles it as 

 a collar; thighs barred brown and white ; the quills are paler on the 

 outer margins, the three first banded with white on the inner webs, 

 and the six following with rufous chestnut ; tail brown ; legs the 

 colour of the bill. 



Inhabits the Philippine Isles. It seems allied to the last. 



10.— BROWN RAIL. 



Rallus fuscus, bid. Orn. ii. 757. Lin. i. 262. Gm. Lin. i. 713. Bris. v. 173. t. 15. 



f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 256. Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 196. 

 Le Rale brun des Philippines, PI. enl. 773. 

 Le Tiklin brun, Buf. viii. 161. 

 Brown Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 233. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill three quarters of an inch long; 

 the plumage on the upper parts is brown ; beneath reddish brown, 

 palest on the throat; lower part of the belly inclining to grey; 

 beneath the tail barred black and white ; legs yellow. 



Found, with several of the above Varieties, at the Philippine Isles, 

 and all known by the general name of Tiklin. Inhabits also Java. 



