(ANTARCTIC RAIL.)
+Rallus antarcticus+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 139; _iid. P. Z.
S._ 1868, p. 445; _iid. Ex. Orn._ t. lxxxii. p. 163; _Barrows,
Auk_, 1884, p. 276 (Carhué); _Withington, Ibis_, 1888, p. 471
(Lomas de Zamora).
_Description._--Above brown, striped with black; wing-coverts
rufous; remiges blackish: beneath plumbeous; flanks and under
wing-coverts black, barred across with white: whole length 8·0
inches, wing 3·7, tail 1·5. _Female_ similar.
_Hab._ Chili, Argentine Republic, and Patagonia.
This Rail is a small southern representative of the well-known Virginian
Rail of the U.S. It is stated to be "rather common" at Carhué by Mr.
Barrows, and Mr. Withington has recently sent us specimens from the
Lomas de Zamora.