342 
BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Length about 10 inches, tail 2*3, wing 5*1, tarsus V7, bill from gape 1. 
The female is of the same size. 
R. mandarina from China, which is said to be the same as R. paykulli 
from J ava, is allied to this and the preceding. The sexes are alike ; the 
crown and upper part of the neck are olive-brown like the back ; the 
chestnut of the breast is produced well over the upper abdomen ; the 
upper wing-coverts are barred with white, and all the primaries and secon- 
daries are uniform brown without any white bars. 
superciliaris {R. telmatophila, Hume, S. F. vii. pp. 142, 451) inhabits 
the Malay peninsula and may be found in Tenasserim. It is allied to 
R. fasciata, but has dark green or blackish legs, a white chin and throat, 
no barrings on the upper wing-coverts or quills, and the red is everywhere 
replaced by olive -brown. R. canningi from the Andamans is a beautiful 
allied species, with the rufous parts of the plumage of a very deep colour, 
approaching maroon. 
The Malay Banded Rail was procured by Mr. Davison in Tenasserim 
about Amherst and Tavoy. 
It extends down the Malay peninsula, and is found in the islands of 
Sumatra, Java and Borneo. It is said to range as far as the Pelew 
Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 
Mr. Davison found this species frequenting rice-fields surrounded by 
low brushwood. 
Genus EALLUS, Linn. 
695. RALLUS INDICUS. 
THE INDIAN WATER-RAIL. 
Rallus indicus, Bl J, A. S. B. xviii. p. 820 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 726 ; Hume, S. F. 
iii. p. 416 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 162 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 489 ; Legge, 
Birds Ceylon, p. 778 ; Hume, iS. F. viii. p. 113 ; Hume ^ Marsh. Game Birds, ii. 
p. 257, pi. 
Description. — Male and female. The whole upper plumage from the 
forehead to the tail, the sides of the neck, the scapulars and tertiaries 
ruddy brown, each feather with a broad black streak down the centre ; 
wing-coverts ruddy brown, some of them barred with white and with the 
portion of the feather above and below this bar blackish ; the amount of 
white barring seemingly dependent on age and very variable ; primaries 
and secondaries plain brown ; a broad streak passing over the lores ; the 
eyes and ear-coverts dark brown ; a broad supercilium from the forehead 
