RAIL. 377 



11.— RED-BREASTED RAIL. 



Rallus ferrugineus, Ind. Orn. ii. 758. Gm. Lin. i. 716. 

 Red-breasted Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 234. 



LENGTH nine inches. Bill pale; plumage above dusky; over 

 the eye a pale line ; hind part and sides of the neck and the breast 

 ferruginous ; beneath the body ash-colour, barred on the sides with 

 narrow white lines ; legs yellow. 



I met with this in the collection of the late Mr. Tunstall. 



12 —CAPE RAIL. 



Rallus Capensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 758. Lin. Mont. 1771. 525. Gm. Lin. i. 710. 

 The Rail, Brown, III. 95. pi. 38 ? 

 Cape Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 234. 



NEARLY the size of the Crake Gallinule. Bill black ; head, 

 neck, back, and beginning of the breast ferruginous ; under parts 

 from the breast, the quills, and tail, undulated black and white ; 

 two middle tail feathers ferruginous ; legs deep blood red. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and probably Ceylon. In 

 that figured by Brown, the bill and legs are brown. Found in 

 Abyssinia ; killed in a small river at Gibba : has the manners of the 

 Water Hen. 



13— BLUE-NECKED RAIL. 



Rallus ca;mlescens, Ind. Orn. ii. 758. Gm. Lin. i. 716. 

 Blue-necked Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 234. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill one inch and a half long, red, 

 the upper ridge and end dusky ; plumage above reddish brown ; 

 chin, throat, and breast, pale blue ; belly and vent white, transversely 

 streaked on the sides with black, as in the Common Species ; legs 

 red. — Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. — Sir Joseph Banks. 



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