RAIL. 379 



16.— RUFOUS-HEADED RAIL. 



LENGTH from bill to rump four inches. Bill dusky, half an 

 inch long; head, neck, and beginning of the breast fine ferruginous ; 

 the rest of the plumage, above and beneath, barred dusky black and 

 pale rufous; quills dusky, mottled and spotted with pale rufous on 

 the outer webs; legs brown, one inch and a half long, middle toe of 

 the same length. In this specimen the tail was wanting. 



Inhabits Sierra Leona. In the same collection with the last. 



17 —CEYLON RAIL. 



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

 Ceylon Rail, Syn. Gen. v. 235. Brown, ill. 96. pi, 37. 



LARGER than the Common Rail. Bill and legs red; head 

 dusky; neck, back, and tail, ferruginous; wing coverts as the back ; 

 prime quills black ; the fore part of the neck, breast, and belly, 

 reddish, clouded with brown. — Inhabits the Island of Ceylon. 



18.— PACIFIC RAIL. 



Rallus pacificus, Ind. Orn. ii. 758. Gm. Lin. i. 717. 

 Pacific Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 235. 



SIZE of the Common Rail. Bill blood red, with a pale brown 

 tip ; irides red ; head brown ; over the eyes a whitish streak ; nape 

 ferruginous; throat white; breast bluish ash-colour; back and rump 

 black, sparingly sprinkled with small white spots; wings short, 

 black, with interrupted white bands; quills brown ; tail very short, 

 black, spotted with white, scarcely to be distinguished from the rest 

 of the plumage ; belly, sides, and vent, whitish; legs flesh-colour ; 

 claws pale. — Inhabits Otaheite, and the neighbouring Isles. 



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