f1. Smaller; wing, 90 mm. or less; forehead, throat, and breast slate-gray. ... Porzana (p. 71) f2. Larger; wing, 100 mm. or more; forehead, throat, and breast chestnut. ... Limnobænus (p. 73) e2. Culmen but little longer than hind toe with claw; under tail-coverts unbanded. ... Poliolimnas (p. 73) c2. Culmen slightly swollen at base but not forming a frontal shield; wing more than 150 mm. ... Amaurornis (p. 75) a2. Frontal shield present; legs and feet long and heavy. b1. Nostrils elongate; frontal shield narrower; terminal half of bill green or yellowish green. c1. Under tail-coverts pure white; tarsus less than 65 mm. ... Gallinula (p. 77) c2. Under tail-coverts not white; tarsus more than 75 mm. ... Gallicrex (p. 78) b2. Nostrils small and circular; frontal shield wider; bill all red. ... Porphyrio (p. 80) Genus HYPOTÆNIDIA Reichenbach, 1852. Bill slender; abdomen and flanks black or brown, banded with white. Species. a1. Chin white; upper parts more or less spotted with white. b1. Smaller; wing less than 125 mm.; breast uniform; no white eyebrow. ... striata (p. 67) b2. Larger; wing more than 140 mm.; breast barred with black and white; a white eyebrow. ... philippensis (p. 67) a2. Chin black; upper parts uniform. ... torquata (p. 68) 57. HYPOTÆNIDIA STRIATA (Linnæus). BLUE-BREASTED RAIL. Rallus striatus Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 262. Hypotænidia striata Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1894), 23, 33; Hand-List (1899), 1, 95; Oates, Cat. Bird's Eggs (1901), 1, 111; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 15. Tic-líng, general name for rails. Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Cebu (Everett); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett); Luzon (Cuming, McGregor, Gevers); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (McGregor, Porter); Negros (Steere Exp., Keay); Palawan (Celestino, White); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Steere Exp.); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Guillemard). Burmese countries to China, Malay Peninsula, Indo-Malay Islands, Southern India, Ceylon, Formosa, Celebes.