200 
PHILirPIN'E RAIL. 
(Rallus Philippensis.) 
JIa. J^uscus subtus griseo Jasciatus, stiperciliis nlbis, collo suhtus 
riifescente. 
Brown Rail fasciated beneath with griseous, the eyebrows white, 
the neck reddish beneath. 
Rallus Philippensis. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 263. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 
1. 714. Briss. Or)!. 5. 163. pi. 14. f. 1. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
756. 
Le Rale des Philippines. Buff. Ois. 8. 160. Buff. PI. Enl. 774. 
Philippine Rail. Lat/i. Gen. Sijn. 5. 230. 
Very similar to the Variable Rail, and in length 
eleven inches : beak grey : over each eye is a streak 
of w^hite, reaching to the hind head ; and beneath this, 
passing through the eyes, is a broader one : the upper 
parts of the head, neck, and body are dusky, with 
the edges of the feathers rufous-grey : some of the 
scapulars are spotted with white : the wings are varied 
with spots of white and chesnut ; the greater coverts 
are barred with the latter colour : the quills are 
brown, the outer edge of the two first marked with 
white, and towards the shaft with chesnut ; the rest 
with the last colour only : the throat is dirty white : 
fore part of the neck rufous-grey, indistinctly marked 
with transverse brownish bands : the breast, sides, 
and thighs, barred grey and brown : the belly nearly 
white, but slightly barred with grey and brown : the 
tail is dusky, edged with rufous-grey ; and the fea- 
tliers spotted on the inner web with chesnut, the two 
