382 RAIL. 



24— LONG-BILLED RAIL. 



Rallus longirostris, Ind. Orn. ii. 759. 



Le Rale a long bee de Cayenne, Buf. viii. 163. PI. enl. 849. 



Long-billed Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 237. 



LENGTH nine inches and a half. Bill long in proportion, and 

 rather stout, ferruginous, with a dusky point; plumage on the 

 upper parts of the body faint ash-colour, the feathers streaked with 

 dusky down the middle ; chin nearly white ; the rest of the under 

 parts ferruginous white, striated on the sides of the body as in our 

 Rail ; legs pale straw-colour. — Inhabits Cayenne. 



25— BARBARY RAIL. 



Rallus Barbaricus, Ind. Orn. ii. 760. Gm. Lin. i. 719. 

 Barbary Water Hen, Shaw's Trav. 255. 

 Barbary Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 240. 



LESS than a Plover. Bill one inch and a half long, black ; 

 breast and belly deep brown, or rusty ; back the same, but much 

 darker; wings spotted with white; rump variegated above with 

 black and white streaks, below white; legs dark brown. 



Inhabits Barbary. Although Shaw calls this a Water Hen, it 

 may be presumed rather to belong to the Rail than Gallinule Genus, 

 both from the length of the bill, and no bareness on the forehead 

 being mentioned. 



26.— DOUBTFUL RAIL. 



Rallus Dubius, Ind. Orn. ii. 760. It. Poseg. 26. 

 Doubtful Rail, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 322. 



THIS is nearly the size of the Common Gallinule. Bill and 

 legs dusky green; the face pale ferruginous; chin dusky white; 



