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Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds from south Sweden, north 

 Germany and central Russia down to Hungary, south France, 

 north Itaty (possibly also in Algeria and Tunisia). On passage in 

 Mediterranean countries, wintering in Africa. Eastward appears 

 to breed as far as Persia and Turkestan, and winters in west India 

 (Sind). 



PORZANA PUSILLA* 



458. Porzana pusilla intermedia (Herm.) — BAILLON'S 

 CRAKE. 



Rallus intermedius Hermann, Obs. ZooL, i, p. 198 (1804 — Strasbourg). 

 Porzana hailloni (Vieillot), Yarrell, in, p. 154 ; Saunders, p. 513. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Vagrant, but two nests and eggs 

 found Cambs., June and Aug., 1858, and two near Hickling (Korfolk) 

 June and July, 1866. As vagrant has occurred chiefly Norfolk, but 

 also Derby., Notts., Yorks., Suffolk, Essex, Herts., Kent, Sussex, 

 Surrey, Hants., Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Pembroke, Carnarvon, 

 Cheshire, Lanes., Cumberland, Derby., Isle of Man, Dumfries., 

 WigtoAvn, Renfrew, Sutherland, Caithness, Cork, and Waterford. 

 Chiefly spring and autumn, and exceptionally summer and winter. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Central and southern Europe generally, 

 as far north as East Prussia ; also north-west Africa (Algeria), and 

 probably Egypt, eastwards at least as far as Persia. Passes Mediter- 

 ranean countries on migration, and winters probably partly north 

 and partly south of Sahara. Represented by allied forms in Africa 

 south of Sahara and Madagascar, east Siberia and Japan, Australia 

 and New Zealand. 



[Porphyrio alleni Thomps.— ALLEN'S GALLINULE. 



PoRPHYRio Alleni Thompson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., x, p. 204 (1842 — 



Iddah on the Lower Niger). 



Porphyriola alleni (Thompson), J. H. Gvimey, Zool., 1902, p. 98. 



Distribution. — England. — One captured alive on a fishing-boat off 

 Hopton, near Yarmouth (Norfolk), Jan. 1, 1902, maj^ have escaped 

 from captivity. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Resident in tropical Africa, but has 

 occurred accidentally on Canary Islands and a number of times on 

 Azores, as well as in south Europe.] 



[Note. — Examples of the Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio cceruleus 

 (Vandelli), the Green-backed Gallinule, Porphyrio porphyrio (L.), the 



* Porzana pusilla pusilla {Rallus pusillus Pallas, Reise d. Versch. Prov. d. 

 Russ. Reichs, in, p. 700 — 1776, Dauria = Transbaikalia) is the eastern repre- 

 sentative ; c/. Cat. B. Brit. Mus., xxiii, pp. 103, 107. Hermann's name 

 has fifteen years priority over Vieillot's hailloni. — E.H. 



