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the United States in great numbers, and from the 
end of August to the end of September afford easy- 
amusement to the sportsman, and a plentiful supply- 
to the epicure : being very fat at that season, they are 
particularly esteemed at table. 
CEYLON RAIL. 
(Rallus Zeylanicus.) 
^K.Jerrugineus suhtus pallide ruber J'usco nehulosus, capite nigri- 
cante, rostra pedibusque ricbris. 
Ferruginous Rail beneath pale red, clouded with brown, the head 
dusky, the beak and feet red. 
Rallus Zeylanicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 716. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 758. 
Ceylon Rail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 235. 
Larger than the Common Rail : beak red : head 
dusky : the neck, back, and tail ferruginous ; the last 
rather long : wing-coverts the same as the back : the 
primary quills black : the fore part of the neck, the 
breast, and belly reddish, clouded with brown : legs 
red. Inhabits Ceylon. 
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