Family RALLIDAE. 

 Porzana porzana (L.) — Spotted Crake. 



(Plate 128, fig. a-c). 

 (Snouckacrt: Avifauna Neeriaiidica, p. 87, No. 20-5). 



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rusty yellow; olive— brown. 



chestnut-brown; underlying spots show 

 througli ash-grey. 



33.1 X 24 millimetres. 



0.79 gram. 



corresponds in granulation with that of G. 

 chloropus. 



oblong ovoidal or bcllied-oval. 



consists of rushes, blades of reeds and grass- 

 stalks. 



among reeds or in dense tufts of sedge. 



8-12. 



May— June. 



about 21 days 



