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 40 APPENDIX. tB. The dimensions o this bird' are nearly the same as those of M. ',,.tis: the bill only slitly differing in being some- wlat higher, and more carinated. The above dscriptions will point out the specific differences between the two birds, which are strongly apparent, not merely by the M.  being marked with yellow where the other bird is white, but by the general distributiou of the colours. In this respect, M. jo-c/tas resembles more closely the true Or, particularly in the yellow,fascia which. is formed on the wing, when closed by the junctio n.of the apical spots on the quill coverts. 8, RALLUS PmLXPPB](SIS, ;-i ymt. i. J8, 7. ]*ftg. Orft. ?56. Brb. v. 10& t. 14. f. 1. This bird was ;o'und 'upon Booby Island, near Cape York (the north exmitY oF New South Wales), and agrees with a specimen already in the Linnean Society's collection, that was taken in the neighbourbood or Port Jackson. My bird, being of smaller size than most oF those with which ! have compared it, is probably a young specimen. The Furous band on the breast is narrower than is usual in the stci, originati probably am the same circumstance: otherwise it agrees precisely.  P 'Aoeuis was originally Found in the Philippine Islands. It appears to have a very extensive range, as it inhabits lands both in he North and South Pacific, as well as in the Indian Ocean. O. H,w]i?ots PTus, (n. tl. a ;  ,ubt, Rodum jedeulUe rebri; .eoum toturn nlgram; teeth'ca inferiores primores rustle, seeondarim alble, ad carpam et

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