SANDWICH RAIL. 
(Rallus Sandvicensis.) 
Ra. pallide Jerrugineus, supra mnciilis obscuris, rostro pedibusque 
cine re is. 
Pale ferruginous Rail beueath with obscure spots, the beak and 
legs ash-coloured. 
Rallus Saudwichensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.717. Lath.Ind.Orn. 
2. 759. 
Saudwich Rail. Lat/i. Gen. Syn. 5. 236. 
The Sandwich Rail is small : its beak is dusky 
ash-colour : the prevailing colour of the plumage is 
pale ferruginous : the feathers on the upper parts 
darkest in the middle : tail short, hid by the upper 
coverts : legs dusky flesh-colour. Inhabits the Sand- 
wich Islands. 
BLACK RAIL. 
(Rallus uiger.) 
Ra. corpore toto J'usco-nigricante, 7-oxtro Jiavo, pedibus rubris. 
Rail with the entire body of a dusky brown, the beak yellow, the 
legs red. 
Rallus niger. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1.717. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 739. 
Black Rail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 236. 
Length nine inches : beak yellow at the base ; 
brown at the tip : the prevailing colour of the plumage 
