Inhabits the northern parts of Australia and New Guinea.
Genus Rallus, Linn.
We have here again a genus of birds the range of the species of which is most extensive, for there is no country in which one or other of them is not to be found.
| 532. Rallus pectoralis, Cuv. | Vol. VI. Pl. 76. |
| 533. Rallus Lewinii, Swains. | Vol. VI. Pl. 77. |
Genus Eulabeornis, Gould.
Generic characters.
Bill longer than the head, nearly straight, but slightly curved downwards; compressed laterally; nostril long and open, situated in a large groove which runs along the upper mandible for nearly two-thirds of its length from the base; wings rather short and feeble, very much rounded; tertiaries long, nearly reaching to the end of the wing; legs rather long, more powerful than in the genus Rallus; toes not so much lengthened as in that genus; tail long cuneiform; the webs loose and of a decomposed character.
A genus established for the reception of a singular species of Rail inhabiting the north coast of Australia, and in which Mr. G. R. Gray has since placed four other species from different localities.
| 534. Eulabeornis castaneoventris, Gould | Vol. VI. Pl. 78. |