RALLINtE. 
The  species  of  this  genus  are  found  among  the  reeds  and  dense  herbage  that  grow  in  the  swamps  and  in  mn 
places  in  the  north-western  parts  of  Australia,  the  Moluccas,  and  Abyssinia.  They  are  extremely  shy,  and  run 
remarkable  speed  when  disturbed. 
jidateJ 
1.  E.  castaneoventris  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1844,  p.  59.,  B.  of 
Austr.  pi. 
2.  E.  cehhensis  (Quoy  et  Gaim.)  Voy.  de  I’Astrol.,  Zool.  i. 
p.  250.  t.  24.  f.  2. 
3.  E.  torquata  (Linn.)  Briss.  Orn.  v.  t.  15.  f.  !•>  Nova 
f.  18.  t.  19- — Rallus  lineatus  Cuv.  ^ 
4.  E.  Cuvieri  (Puch.)  Guer.  Iconogr.  Cuv.  Ois.  t. 
Rallus  gularis  Cuv. 
5.  E.  ahyssinica  (Rupp.)  Syst.  Uebers.  Vog.  t.  46. 
Act- 
CORETHRURA  Rcich.* 
A i tho 
Bill  shorter  than  the  head,  rather  slender  and  straight,  with  the  culmen  rather  elevated  at  i 
and  curved  before  the  nasal  groove,  and  the  sides  much  compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  slightly 
nated ; the  gonys  short  and  ascending ; the  nostrils  lateral,  and  placed  in  a membranous  groove  tvitb 
opening  linear  and  in  the  middle.  Wings  moderate,  with  the  first  quill  much  shorter  than  tne 
which  is  also  much  shorter  than  the  third  and  fourth  ; these  are  equal  and  longest.  Tail  short  an 
graduated.  Tarsi  as  long  or  shorter  than  the  middle  toe,  rather  slender,  and  the  front  covere 
1,'  A to6 
transverse  scales.  Toes  lengthened  and  slender,  with  the  inner  shorter  than  the  outer,  the  hiB*^ 
and  very  slender,  the  claws  moderate,  weak,  and  acute. 
The  species  that  compose  this  genus  are  found  in  most  parts  of  the  world  : they  frequent  sedgy  and  marshy  P' 
amidst  the  low  bushes  of  which  they  run  and  hide  with  great  celerity. 
ilace®' 
1.  C.  zeylanica  (Gmel.)  Brown’s  111.  pi.  37. 
2.  C.fasciata  (Raffl.)  Linn.  Trans,  xiii.  p.  328.  — Gallinula 
euryzona  Temm.  PI.  col.  417. ; Rallus  ruficeps  Cuv.',  Type  of  Ral- 
lina  Reich.  1845. 
3.  C.  rubiginosa  (Temm.)  PI.  col.  357. 
4.  C.  supereiliaris  (Eyton)  Ann.  Nat.  Hist.  1845.  p.  230. 
5.  C.  capeneis  (Linn.)  Brown’s  111.  pi.  38.  ? 
6.  C.  ruficoUis  (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  349. 
7.  C.  melanophaia  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet  d’Hist.  Nat.  xxviii.  p.  549., 
Azara,  No.  375.  — Crex  lateralis  Licht.  Griff.  An.  Kingd.  iii. 
pi.  p.  542. 
8.  C.  albifrons  (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  338. 
9.  C.  leucopyrrha  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xxviii.  p.  550., 
Azara,  No.  375. 
10.  C.  rufescem  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet.  d'Hist.  Nat.  xxviii.  p.  565. 
11.  C.  olivacea  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet,  d’pist.  Nat.  xxviii.  p.  56l.  — 
Crex  gularis  Jard.  ^ Selby,  III.  Orn.  pi.  39. 
12.  C.  fused  (Linn.)  PI.  enl.  773. 
13.  C.  modesta  (Swains.)  'Pwo  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  348. 
14.  C.  akool  (Sykes)  Proc.  Z.  S.  1832.  p.  l64. 
15.  C.  cayennensis  (Gmel.)  Steph.  PI.  enl.  368 Rallus  Kiolo 
Fieill. ; R.  castaneus  Cuv.  Reich.  Syn.  Av.  Icon.  Col.  t.  exxi. 
f.  1198,  1199. 
16.  C.nurita  (Gray)  Gray,  Zool.  Misc,  p.  13. 
348. 
17.  C.  ecaudata  (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p- 
enl.  753..''  „ ^ Gahb 
18.  C.  quadristrigata  (Horsf.)  Linn.  Trans,  xiii-  p.  19 
nula  superciliosa  Temm. 
19.  C.  mystaeina  Temm.  pesco 
20.  C.  tabuensis  (Gmel.)  — Rallus  minutus  Forst. 
p.  178.  Icon.  ined.  130.  j Gallinula  immaculata  (Strata*- ’ 
bea  Gray.  Qgi  t.  ’ 
21.  C.  sandwichensis  (Gmel.)  Reich.  Syn.  Av.  1<^® 
f.  1184,  1185. 
22.  C.  obscura  (Gmel.). 
23.  C.  tahitiensis  (Gmel.). 
24.  C.  ferruginea  (Gmel.  - T inea. 
25.  C.  tannensis  (Forst.)  Desc.  An.  p.  275.  Ico'’*  ...  p gbO- 
26.  C.fuscescens  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xxv 
27.  C.  griseqfrons  G.  R.  Gray.  p.  5‘^^' 
28.  C.  pulchra  (Gray)  Griff.  An.  Kingd.  iii-  P- 
— Rallus  cinnaniomeus  Less. ; Gallinula  elegans  A-  ^ 
S.  Afr.  Birds,  pi.  22.  fieiH'  ■ 
29.  C.  rujicollis  {Gray')  Zool.  Misc.  p.  13. — Ra** 
Gallinula  Jardini  A.  Smith,  Zool.  S.  Afr.  Birds,  pi-  pi. 
30.  C.  dimidiata  (Temm.)  A.  Smith,  Zool.  S.  Afr. 
31.  C.  lineata  (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart-  P- 
* Established  by  M.  Reichenbach  in  184-.? 
Rnllina  of  the  same  author  is  synonymous. 
