BRUSH BRONZE-WING PIGEON 
wing's in a rather lower situation in a deep gully 
or heavily timbered forest tract. Mr. Mulder has a 
specimen of the bird, which he obtained at Bambra. 
SLATE-BREASTED (LEWIN'S) RAIL 
Rallus pectoralis pectoralis 
Five kinds of Rails occur sporadically throughout the 
Geelong district where suitable conditions prevail, 
that is to say, abundance of water and abundance of 
tussocky grass for cover. The largest and probably 
the commonest is the Land-rail, which I shall mention 
next ; the other four are all rare, and Lewin's rarest 
of all. It is rather smaller than the Land-rail, from 
which it may be distinguished by its uniform slate 
breast and the absence of any white streak over the 
eye. At the same time I am bound to say that, 
running as they do with very grea't speed in and out 
of the grass and sedges they love, none of the Rails 
give an observer much time for their identification, 
so it is possible that Lewin's Rail is less of a rara avis 
than one thinks. 
There are two specimens in the Geelong Museum, 
which I understand were got by Mr. Mulder at the 
Connewarre Lakes, that veritable happy hunting- 
ground for marsh-haunting birds. The species is a 
stationary one, and it may be assumed that it breeds 
in the large areas of thatch-grass which lie about the 
Lower Barwon River. 
