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RED-NECKED RAIL. 
with black and white beneath : the legs are yellow. 
Inhabits the Philippine Islands and Java. 
RED-NECKED RAIL. 
(Rallus ruficoUis.) 
Ra. corpore subtus nigro, dor so fusco'Viridisy collo subtus pec- 
toreque rufis. 
Rail with the body black beneath, the back brownish-green, the 
neck beneath and breast red. 
Fulica ruficoUis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 700. 
Gallinula ruficoUis. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 767. 
Black-bellied Gallinule. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 253. 
Length seventeen inches : base of the beak red, 
tip yellow : the crown of the head is brown : the 
hind part of the neck ashy-brown : the back and 
quills greenish-brown, the last edged with rufous : 
the chin white ; the fore part of the neck and breast 
bright rufous : the belly, thighs, vent, and rump 
black : the sides of the body and under wing-coverts 
transversely barred with rufous and black : legs red, 
and rather long. Native place uncertain : supposed 
to be Cayenne. 
