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STRIPED RAIL. 
(Rallus quadristrigatus.) 
Ra. supra Juscus gilvo mixtns, subtus pallidior, gula albida, capite 
supra nigricante, utrinque strigis duabus albis. 
Rail above brown mixed with yellowish, beneath paler, with the 
throat whitish, the head above dusky, with two white strigae 
on each side, 
Rallus quadristrigatus. Ho7-sfield. Linn. Trans, xiii. 196. 
Length eight inches and a half. Inhabits Java. 
BROWN RAIL. 
(Rallus fuscus.) 
Ra. fuscus, crisso albo undulato, pedibus Jlavis. 
Brown Rail with the vent undulated with white, the legs yellow. 
Rallus fuscus. Li7tn. Si/st. Nat. 1. 262. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 713. 
Briss. Orn. 5. 173. pi. 15./. 2. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 767. 
Horsfield. Linn. Trans, xiii. 196, 
Le Rale brun des Philippines. Buff. PI. Enl. 772). 
Le Tiklin brun. Buff. Ois. 8, 161. 
Brown Rail, Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 233. 
Length seven inches : beak short and brown : the 
upper parts of the plumage also brown : the under 
parts reddish-brown, palest on the throat : the lower 
part of the belly inclining to grey : the tail is barred 
