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RALLID^, 



throat reddish in the male, whitish in the female : the 

 shoulders in the adult spotted with white. 



B. Cauda truncatd, 



B. With the tail truncate. 



Sp. 3. Gl. australis. Linn, Trans. {Leach.) «;.xiii.jo. 132.^/. xiv. 



male and female. 

 Gl. rufescente-Jiavidat caudd uropygioque albis; ilia fascia suprh 



nigra; guld pallidiore ; cruribus ventreque fascia abdominale 



rufs; rostro testaceo ad apicem nigra. 

 Reddish-yellow Pratincole with the tail and rump white; the 



forehead with a black bar above j the throat paler ; the thighs, 



belly, and abdominal fascia rufous j the beak testaceous^ black 



at the tip. 



Inhabits New Holland. 



Sp. 4. Gl. Isabella. Vieill. DicL d'Hist. Nat. v. xiii. p. 221. — 



Vieill. Anal. Nouv. Orn. Elem. p. 69. (P.) 

 Gl. supra isabellina, alis nigris, guld colloque albis ad latera 

 pccloreque supremo maculis ohsoletis ; ventre cauddque subtus 



albis. 



Pratincole above istibella colour, with the wings black ; the throat 

 and neck white, their sides and the upper breast obsoletely 

 spotted ; the belly and tail white. 



Inhabits Australasia. The bend of the wing is 

 black, and the interior white ; the first quill is very 

 long, subulated and slender at the tip. 



GENUS CCCLVIII.— RALLUS Auctorum. RAIL. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. I. p. 191. 



GENUS CCCLIX.— CHIONIS, Forster. SHEATHBILL. 

 Generic character : vide Steph, v. xii. I . p. 280. 



