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SOME NOTES ON BIRDS IN SARAWAK. 
Male. 
Bill crimson, with top of the 
extremity slightly blackened. 
Iris dark brown. 
Eyelids deep red, surrounded 
by a little red naked skin, 
extending to the base of the 
bill. 
Feet and tarsus crimson; back 
of tarsus and soles of feet 
white, claws black. 
Hypot^nidia striata, Linn. 
{The Blue-breasted Banded Rail.) 
Shot one at Bau in a small marsh in August, 1911; bill 
crimson; throat grey ; feet and tarsus yellow; iris possibly 
orange. 
Rallina fasciata, Raffl. 
{The Malayan Banded Crake.) 
Shot one on June 15th, 1912, which was in a little boggy 
jungle stream, and flew up to alight in a small tree, where 
I shot it. Iris clear orange-brown; tarsus and feet 
crimson, claws grey ; eyelids crimson; skin at base of bill 
and gape crimson. The stomach contained worms and 
grubs. 
December 1 6th, 1912.—Shot a male (undoubtedly) with 
apparently good plumage, but very different from the above. 
The upper part of upper mandible was black, shading to 
pale green in the lower. The iris clear orange-brown. The 
crimson round the eye was entirely absent. The feet and 
tarsus were pinkish-brown, claws grey. 
Amaurornis phcenicura, Forster. 
{The White-breasted Water-hen.) 
Very common in almost any piece of swampy ground. 
In a female shot in June, 1912, there is a red yellow shield 
at the base of bill, which is green. The iris is yellow- 
brown, feet and claws very long—a muddy yellow colour. 
At the same time as the above another was shot, which 
may have been a male; the same as above, except that 
there was no shield on the forehead; bill, feet and tarsus 
were longer and stronger, and there was more grey about 
the head and neck. Possibly a young bird or a male in 
bad plumage. 
Female. 
Ditto, slightly darker at the 
top. 
Ditto. 
Ditto. 
Paler. 
