422 GALLINULE. 



rufous ; the last olive brown ; the vent pale ; from the gape a broad 

 blackish streak passes on each side of the head, including the eyes 

 on the upper part; quills black ; legs reddish brown ; the tail short, 

 olive brown. 



A.— Rale a ventre roux de Cayenne, PI. enl. 753. Gen. Syn. v. 238. 



Length seven inches. Plumage above of a deeper brown ; crown 

 chestnut; the streak on each side of the head blue grey ; the under 

 parts of the bird are rufous, but deeper than in the last, and continue 

 more backwards; the inside and lower part of the thighs are dusky ; 

 chin and vent rufous white; bill dusky; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Cayenne, with the last, and perhaps differs only in sex ; 

 common also at Guiana, and there called Kiolo, from the note, and 

 chiefly heard in the evening, at sunset ; they collect together in order 

 to pass the night, dispersing singly among the thick bushes in the 

 day time, and make the nest between the forks of shrubs, near the 

 ground, of a reddish kind of plant, with a cover at top, impenetrable 

 to the rain. — One of the last described is in the collection of Mr. 

 M'Leay, who received it from Berbice, by the name of Soribibi. I 

 have also seen one, which was only six inches in length ; probably 

 a young bird. 



33— JAMAICA GALLINULE. 



Rallus Jamaieensis, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 761. Gm. Lin. i. p. 718. Brh. Sup. 140. Id. 



8vo. ii. 258. 

 Le Rale Bidi-bidi, Buf viii. 163, 

 Least Water Hen, Edw. pi. 278. Brown, Jam. 479. 

 Jamaica Rail, Gen. Syn. v. 239. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill black, base reddish ; head and throat 

 black; the upper parts of the head, neck, and back rufous brown, 

 crossed with blackish streaks ; the neck before and breast bluish ash ; 



