BUFF-BANDED RAIL. 
bill measures 36 mm, the wing 142 and the tarsus 45 mm. The type of 
E. p, wilkinsoni is in the Tring Museum, and is a male. 
Eulaheornis philippensis andrewsi,* subsp. n., I have instituted for two 
specimens from Horsb rough Island, Cocos Keeling Group, which are quite 
distinctive. The brown tips to the upper-surface feathers have almost entirely 
disappeared, while the white spotting has developed to the greatest extent, 
even the rump-feathers bearing spots, a feature which is shared by no other 
subspecies. The colouring on the hind-neck is weU marked, but of a duUer shade 
than usual. There is a very distinct pectoral band with a brick tinge, and the 
under-surface barring is very marked and regular. The measurements are, 
culmen 33, wing 148, tarsus 42 mm. 
A male in the Tring Museum, collected by Kiilm on Toeal, Kei Islands, 
appears to agree with the Australian subspecies, except in its smaller wing- 
measurement. 
Another male, also collected by the same man on Amboina, and also in 
the Tring Museum, appears to agree with the New Hanover subspecies in 
many features, but has the pectoral band paler, and is less blackish on 
the upper-surface. 
Another unsexed bird in the Tring Museum, collected by Kubary in the 
Pelew Islands, somewhat resembles the dark New Guinea form, but has 
no indication of a rufous pectoral band. 
A bird from New Guinea in the Tring Museum seems near to the New 
Hanover subspecies, but Dr. Hartert will later give particulars of this bird. 
* Named after Dr. C. W. Andrews, of the British Museum, where the type is. 
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