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AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD BOOK. 
17 Brush Bronzewing Pigeon (Little Bronze), P. elegans, 
A., T Nom. r. sandy 13 
Upper chestnut-brown; breast blue-gray; throat, crown 
chestnut; bronze wings; f., crown gray. Seeds. 
1 18 Crested Pigeon (Topknot (e), Crested Bronzewing), 
1 Ocyphaps lophotes, A. Seeds. Nom. r. inland plains 1 3 
Upper fawn; crown, under gray; crest black; black bars 
on wings; tail tipped white; eyes orange; f., sim. 
1 19 Wonga-Wonga Pigeon, Leucosarcia melanoleuca, E.A. 
1 Seeds, fallen fruits. Stat. r. coast-, (hillside-) 'brushes 15 
Back, breast slaty-gray; wings brown; crown, throat, 
abdomen white; sides spotted black; f., sim. 
P. 19. Gouridae, Crowned Pigeons, 8 sp. A. (N.G. ). 
P. 20. Dldunculidae, Tooth-billed Pigeons, 1 sp. A. (Samoa). 
P. 21. Opisthocomidae^ Hoactzin, 1 sp. Nl. 
ORDER V. — RALLIFORMES. 
P. 22. RALLIDAE (16), RAILS, 204 sp.— 68 (60) A., 37(18)0., 
18(0)P., 37(24)B., 17(7)Nc., 72(65)N1. 
4 20 Slate-breasted Rail (Short-toed), Lewin Water-Rail, 
17 Eulaheornis (Hypotaenidia) brachypus, A., T., Auck- 
land Is. :==vt. Eur. Water-Rail. Stat. r. rivers, lagoons 8.5 
Upper blackish striped olive; wings, flanks, abdomen 
barred black, white; throat, breast, slate-gray; f., duller. 
21*PectoraI Rail, Landrail, E, philippinensis, Malay Arch, 
to A., N.Z., Pac. Is. =vt. Eur. Corn-Crake (Land- 
rail) ; f., young sim. Insects, grass. Mig. c. grassy 10.5 
Upper brown spotted white; under finely-barred black; 
white; sandy-buff bar on chest; light stripe above eye. 
4 22*Australian Spotted Crake, Water-Crake, Porzana 
J 7 fluminea, A. =vt. Eur. Spotted Crake. Stat. r. rivers 7 
Upper dark-brown, spotted white; abdomen, flanks black- 
ish barred white; breast gray; swims; f.,sim. Insects. 
