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DUSKY RAIL. 
(Rallus obscurus.) 
Ra. Jusco-Jerrugineus striis nigris subtus Jerrugineo-fuscescens, 
pedibus rubro-fuscis. 
Rusty brown Rail with black striae, beneath ferruginous-brown, 
the legs red -brown. 
Rallus obscurus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 718. Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 759. 
Dusky Rail. Lath. Gen. Si/n. 5. 237. 
Length six inches : beak dusky black : edges of 
the mandibles yellowish : all the upper parts of the 
plumage deep brown, tinged with ferruginous, and 
streaked with black : under parts ferruginous-brown : 
legs red brown. Inhabits the Sandwich Islands. 
TABUAN RAIL. 
(Rallus tabuensis.) 
Ra. corj)ore toto nigro subtus pallidiore, palpebris hidibusque 
rubris. 
Rail with the entire body black, paler beneath, the eyelids and 
irides red. 
Rallus tabuensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 717. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 
759. 
Tabuan Rail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 235. 
