Birds of Celebes; Rallidae. 
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Ibis 1880, 311, pi. VI; (3) Salvacl., Orn. Pap. 1882, in, 261; (4) W. Bias., Ztschr. 
ges. Orn. 1886, 160; (5) Sharpe, Oat. B. 1894, XXIH, 46. ; 
c. Hypotaenidia jentinki (1) vSharpe, Notes Leyden Mus. 1893, XV, 268; (2) id.. Oat. B. 
1894, XXin, 330. 
Figure and descriptions. Sclater J7 (fig. inaccurate, fide Sharpe); Wallace a J; Sharpe 5, 
cl, c 2. 
Adult. Similar to H. celebensis, but throat and fore-neck uniform black. Wing 145 mm; tail 
58; tarsus 51; middle toe with claw 51; culmen 39 (ex Sclater, Sharpe). 
Observation. Other differences from H. celebensis have been urged, but not on good grounds; 
Mr. Wallace considered the bill longer, and Dr. Sclater, indeed, recorded it as 
2.8in.(!) from the gape, but 1.8 in. was no doubt intended; Dr. Sclater speaks of 
the bird as smaller, but the measurements given by lumself and Dr. Sharpe do not 
bear out tliis statement. The latter says it is more uniform on the upper surface, 
but H. celebensis shows great individual variation, as remarked above, in this respect; 
H. jentinki, however, is said to be rufous brown, instead of olive-brown, on the back 
and wings. 
Distribution. Sula Islands (Allen a 1, 5). 
The original examples of this Rail were obtained by Mr. Wallaces assis- 
tant, Allen, who visited the islands of Sula Mangoli and Sula Besi; they were 
described by Mr. Wallace as R. suldrostris. In 1893, Dr. Sharpe, overlooking 
Mr. Wallace’s description, named a bird in the Leyden Museum from Sula 
Mangoli as H. jentinki. We can find no grounds, for supposing that this is 
different from R. suldrostris, and, therefore, unite them. 
The Sulan Kail is very closely allied to the Barred Rail of Celebes, and 
Prof. W. Blasius questions its distinctness. It has close affinities to the east 
with H. saturata of New Guinea and Salawatti, which is said by Count 
Salvadori to be a much larger bird, with a longer and stouter bill, and per- 
haps differently coloured feet. 
GENUS RALLINA Rchb. 
Bill shorter than the cranium, much shorter than the tarsus, moderately 
stout, pointed, the nasal groove less than Vs its length and ceasing a Rttle in 
front of the anterior margin of the nostril; wing moderately large, 4**" and 
primaries longest; tarsus barely exceeding the middle toe and claw in length; 
tail longer than the tarsus. 
The short bill, somewhat short toes, and size and shape of wing best serve 
to distinguish this genus from its allies in Celebes. The genus occurs from 
India, through the Archipelago, to Australia. 
* 300. RALLINA MINAHASSA Wall. 
Ferruginous-breasted Rail. 
u. minahasa (1) W^all., P. Z. S. 1862, 335, 346; (2) Schl. , Mus. P.-B., Ralli, Index 
1865, 78; (3) Finsch, Neu Guinea 1865, 181; (4) Schl., Ned. Tdschr. Dierk. 1866, 
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