RED-NECKED RAIL. 
and disagrees in no manner with Eulabeornis castaneoventris. I have, therefore, 
less hesitation than I would otherwise have had in adopting the generic 
name Eulabeornis for the tricolor species. 
The distribution of “ Rallina ” tricolor has been quoted as “ Aru Islands, 
New Guinea and North Australia.” Upon comparison of birds from these 
three localities I find that they are easily separable — the Australian bird has a 
shorter and more slender biU, shorter tarsus and is less barred on the abdomen 
than the typical form, while, as Sharpe noted, the New Guinea specimens 
are different, the abdomen being barred with white and more numerously 
than in the other subspecies. In addition the upper-surface of the Austrahan 
bird is of a warmer tone than in the northern forms, lacking the slaty tinge 
commonly seen in the latter. I have therefore named the Australian subspecies 
as above, and I propose for the New Guinea subspecies the name E, tricolor 
GRAY I. The types of both are in my collection, the former being No. 8012 
and the latter No. 187. 
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