Birds of Celebes: Eallidae. 
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side in the posterior margin of the sternum, two carotid arteries, a schizognathous 
palate, with a long, slender vomer pointed in front. They are of cosmopolitan 
distribution. 
GENUS GYMNOCREX Salvad. 
Distinguishable from all the other Rails occurring in Celebes by its having 
the middle toe and claw much shorter than the tarsus, and by the large space 
of bare skin behind the eye. Bill shorter than tarsus, high at the base, atten- 
uated at the tip. Wing large, 4*’' and S*’* primaries longest. Tail about as long 
as the tarsus. 
The genus was described from Celebes. An aberrant species is known also 
from the Halmahera group and the Papuan Islands. 
* 294. GYMNOCREX ROSENBERGI (SchL). 
Bald-faced Rail. 
Plate XLII. 
a. Eallina rosenbergii (1) SchL, Mus. P.-B., Ralli, 18(55, 78, in Index; {2) id., Ned. Tdschr. 
Dierk. 1866, III, 212; (3) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 278, 596. 
h. Eulabeornis rosenbergii {1} Gray, HL . 1871, MI, 57, Nr. 10382. 
c. Eallina (?) rosenbergii (Ij Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, VMI, 96. 
Gymnocrex rosenbergi (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, YM, 678; (2) id., Orn. Pap. 
1882, in, 269; (3) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1894, XXMI, 52, 331; (4) M. & Wg., Abh. 
Mus. Bresd. 1895 Mai, Ni’. 8, p. 18. 
d. ScMzoptila rosenbergi (1) Briigg., Abh. Yerh. Bremen 1876, V, 94, 101. 
e. Rallus rosenbergi (Ij Rosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167. 
Descriptions. Schlegcl a 2\ Rosenberg a 3\ Salvador! 7; Briiggemann d 1\ Sharpe S. 
Adult female. Above brownish maroon, brighter and reddish chestnut on the wings, duller 
and browner on the hind-neck, washed with slate-black on the head; rump blackish; 
upper tail-coverts and tail black; cheeks, chin, fore-neck and remaining 
under-parts blackish slate; under wdng-coverts shining dusky brown, broadly 
tijriped with impure white ; remiges below slightly paler brown; lores scantily covered 
with blackish hair-feathers; skin around the eyes and on sides of occiput naked, 
“bluish; iris orange with a red tone; bill above brownish, below greenish; legs slate- 
gi’ey”; wing 208 mm; tail 78; tarsus 72; middle toe and claw 46; bill from feathers 
of forehead 39 (Q, from near Tomohon, end of April 94: P. & P. Sarasin). 
Immature. Similar to the adult, but the plumage of the rump and breast softer and more 
fluffy; bill shorter; “iris — ? eyelid light red; bare skin Golet; bill above blackish, 
below green-yellow, tip horny; legs green-yellow”; wdng 195 ram; tarsus 72; bill 37 
(sex? Rurukan, 27. Apr. 94: P.&P. Sarasin). 
Rosenberg indicated the skin of the face to be pale yellowish green; probably 
the colour was not observed when in a fresh state. 
Distribution. North Celebes: — Kema (v. Rosenberg a 1], near Tomohon and Rurukan 
(P. & P. Sarasin), Manado (Bruijn i), the Minahassa (Pischer d 1)\ Limbotto 
(v. Rosenberg e 1). 
Meyer Ss Wife'leswortli, Birils of Celelies (Nov. 27tli, 1S97). 
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