. The birds of Australia. Birds. 36 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA The Pectoral Rail. Eypotcenidia philippinensis. Australia, Malayan Archipelago, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Moluccas. General colour above reddish-brown, all the feathers dark, with reddish edgings and spangled with white spots on the mantle, back, and wing coverts; lower back no white spots; tail feathers, reddish brown centred with blac'k; crown of head brown, with black longitudinal spots, broad band through eye dusky brown, over the lores a white band extending above the eye; throat white, under surface white, with black bars
. The birds of Australia. Birds. 36 THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA The Pectoral Rail. Eypotcenidia philippinensis. Australia, Malayan Archipelago, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Moluccas. General colour above reddish-brown, all the feathers dark, with reddish edgings and spangled with white spots on the mantle, back, and wing coverts; lower back no white spots; tail feathers, reddish brown centred with blac'k; crown of head brown, with black longitudinal spots, broad band through eye dusky brown, over the lores a white band extending above the eye; throat white, under surface white, with black bars; under tail coverts black, with white bars. Total length inches, culmen , wing , tail , tarsus , middle toe and claw , White spots increase with A-UStraZian Museum. Lewin's or Slate-breasted Rail: Hypotaenidia brachypus. Nest a little herbage trodden down in some short thick vegetation, usually near the water's edge. Eggs from five to ten, pinkish-white, with a few roundish markings of reddish- brown, those beneath the surface being purplish-grey. They measure about x inch. The Chestnut-bellied Rail. Eulabeoruis castaneicentris. North Australia and Aru Islands. General colour above dark reddish-brown, tail feathers the same, but more chestnut below; head slaty grey; chin whitish; under surface chestnut; bill yellow at the base, rest horn colour. Total length 17 inches, culmen , wing , tail , tarsus , middle toe and claw Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakspere; Le Soue?f, W. H. Dudley. Melbourne, London [etc. ] Whitcombe and Tombs Limited
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