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LB. 
The dimensions of this bird are nearly the same as those 
of M. viridis: the bill only slightly differing in being some- 
what higher, and more carinated. The above descriptions 
will point out the specific differences between the two birds, 
which are strongly apparent, not merely by the M, flavor 
cinctus being marked with yellow where the other bird is 
white, but by the general distribution of the colours. In 
this respect, M. flavo^cinctus resembles more closely the 
true Orioles f particularly in the yellow fascia which is formed 
on the wing, when closed by the junction of the apical spots 
on the quill coverts, 
S, Rallus Philippensis. Lin, Syst, i. 263. 7. Ind, Orn. 756. 
Bris, V. 163. 1. 14. f. 1. PL Enl. 774, 
This bird was found upon Booby Island, near Cape York 
(the north extremity of New South Wales), and agrees with 
a specimen already in the Linnean Society's collection, that 
was taken in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson. My bird, 
being of smaller size than most of those with which I have 
compared it, is probably a young specimen. The rufous 
band on the breast is narrower than is usual in the species, 
originating probably from the same circumstance : otherwise 
it agrees precisely. 
Rallus Philippensis was originally found in the Philippine 
Islands. It appears to have a very extensive range, as it 
inhabits lands both in the North and South Pacific, as well 
as in the Indian Ocean. 
9, H^matopus picatus, (n. s.) 
H, ater ; corpore subtus, fascih alarum, uropygio, cauda- 
que had, albis ; remigibus primoribus totis nigris. 
Rostrum pedes(\ae rubri; collum totum nigrum; tectrices 
inferiores primores fuscse, secondarise albse, ad carpum et 
ad raarginem exteriorem nigro-variegatse ; fascia alarum 
