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BANDED RAIL. 
the belly, sides, and thighs, are barred with dusky and 
white : the tail is dusky brown, barred with white : 
the legs are grey-brown. Inhabits the Philippine 
Islands. 
BANDED HAIL. 
(Rallus torquatus.) 
B,A. Juscus subius albo undulatus, lined hifra oculos alba. 
Brown Rail undulated beneath M'ith Avliite, with a white line be- 
neath the eyes. 
Rallus torquatus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 262. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 
1. 714. Briss. Orn. 5. 170. pi. 15. f. 1. Lath. Lid. Orn. 
2. 757. 
Le Tiklin a collier. Buff. Ois. 8. 1 62. 
Banded Rail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 233. 
Length twelve inches : beak grey-brown : from 
the base of the beak a streak of white passes under 
each eye, and finishes some way behind it : cheeks 
and throat dusky black : the upper parts of the 
plumage are brown tinged with olive ; the under 
parts are transversely streaked with black and white, 
except a chesnut collar at the lower part of the neck ; 
the three first quills are banded with white on their 
inner webs, and the six following with chesnut ; they 
have all pale edges : the tail is brown : the thighs are 
barred with brown and white : the legs are grey- 
brown. Native of the Philippine Islands. 
