Birds of Celebes: Rallidae. 
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Hypotaenidia philippensis (1) Bp., C. E. 1856, XLIII, 599, Nr. 333; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., 
Ealli, 1865, 23; (B) Grid., HB. B. Austr. 1865, IT, 334; (4) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, 
Vin, 95; (o) Pelz., Ibis 1873, 41; (6) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. G-eii. 1875, VII, 
677;V"/Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1877, 688, 702; (8) Eosenb., Malay. Ai-cbip. 1878, 
278; (9) Meyer, Ibis 1879, 142; (10) Sclat, .Ibis 1880, 312; (11) Salvad., Om. 
Pap'. 1882, ni, 261; (12) W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1883, 139; (13) Guillem., P. Z. S. 
1885, 560; (14) W. Bias., Zt. ges. Orn. 1886, 162; (15) Eamsay, Tab. List 1888, 
21; (16) North, Nests & Eggs Austr. B. 1889, 328; (17) Tristr., Cat. Coll. B. 
1889, 28; (18) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 1891, 196; (19) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. 
Dresd. 1895, Mai, Nr. 8, p. 18; (20) Grant, Ibis 1895, 471; fSi; Hart., Nov. Zool. 
1896, 164. 
c. Rallus philippinensis (1) Eosenb., Zool. Garten 1881, 167. 
d. Hypotaenidia philippinensis (1) Sharpe, Cat. B. 1894, XXIII, 39. 
“Werries imhene” or “Weris iembene”, Minaliassa, Guillemard 13, Nat. Coll. 
“Bulo-ito”, general name for Bails [Gorontalo?], Eosenb. 8. 
For further synonymy and references cf. Salvad. 11, Sharpe d 1. 
Figures and descriptions. Gould hi, 5; Buller all, a VII, Potts V, Briiggemann a 4, 
Finsch & Hartlaub b 2; Hartlaub h d; Schlegel 2; Salvadori 17; North 16 
(egg); Sharpe d 1. 
Adult. Above tawny-olive, the hind neck, hack, scapulars, and upper wing-co\eits and tail 
marked with transverse spots of white, more or less surrounded with black; rump clear 
of spots; remiges banded with tawny-olive and dusky, the two outer-most, Uke some 
of the tertiaries, barred with white; feathers of head above dark brown, with tawny ohve 
edgirrgs; a broad facial stripe through lores, orbital arrd auricular region 
on to sides of cervix chestnut; above this a stripe of light grey , malar region 
light grey, becoming more plumbeous orr the jugulum, and whitish orr chin and 
upper throat; remaining under-parts, inclrrding under wing-coverts, dusky, barred 
with white, flanks and under tail-coverts with cirrnamon-buff, which is almost uniform 
on crissum, thighs and under tail-coverts; “iris Indian-red; bill warm brown; legs, 
feet, claws hght greyish brown” — Everett 7 (ad. Manado: v. Musschenbroek — 
C 5261). 
Female. Eesembles the male. A female in the Sarasin Collection (Tomohon, 9. III. 94) 
has the mantle and back much blacker than the specimen of unknovur sex described. 
Immature. Like the adult, the mantle and back but faintly spotted with wliite, the colour 
being nearly lost in the tawny-olive borders of the feathers, the spots on the mng- 
coverts rounder and often tawny; the feathers of throat and jugulum cinnamon-buff 
with grey bases; the chestnut facial stripe almost absent {Q, Kema, 28. Aug. 1893: 
P. & F. Sarasin). 
Dr. Sharpe rightly remarks that profuse white spotting seems to be a sign of 
age, especially, we should tliink, when the spots tend to vriden into transverse bars. 
Measurements. Wing (8 adults, N. Celebes) 138—147 mm; tail c. 60; tarsus 41-45; culmen 
from supraloral feathers 24 29. 
Chick. “Covered with sooty black down of silky texture, but without any gloss; bill greyish 
white; legs blackish brown, darker behind” (Buller a VII). 
Eggs. 4 to 6; creamy-white, blotched and spotted, especially about the larger end, with irregular 
blood-red markings, a few nearly obsolete subjacent spots of faded lilac: c. 36.7 x 
28 mm (North 16 — Australia; .see also: Gould 5, Buller a VII, Finsch & Hartl. 
b 2\ Nehrkorn, J. f. 0. 1879, 408). 
