104 EALLID^i;. 



Ihh, 1867, p. 429; Fritsch, Vog. Eur.i&h.Z2.^^. 3 (1870); I'd. 

 J. f. O. 1871, p. 381 (Bohemia); Shar2^e, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 319 ; 

 Gurnet/, Ibis, 1871, p. 299 (I.aghouat) ; Shelley, B. Eyypt, p. 27o 

 (1872); Irby, B. Gihr. -p. 143 (1875); Ay >■ es. Ibii, \B77, y>. 3bl 

 (Transvaal); Iffirtl. Voy. 3faday. p. 342 (1877); Milne-Ediv. ^ 

 Grand. H. N. Maday., Ois. ii. p. 578 (1879) ; Tait, Ibis, 1887, 

 p. 382 (Portugal) ; Reichen. Syst. Verz. Voy. Eeutscld. p. 44 

 (1889) ; Schalow, J.f. G. 1890, p. 39 (Brandenburg) ; Sibree, Ibis, 

 1892, p. 114 (Madagascar). 



Baillon's Crake, Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 20 (1843). 



Zapornia pygnifea, Reichenb. Hundb. FulicariiB, Taf. cxix. figs. 1179- 

 82 (1851) ; Bjy. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856) ; Loche, Evpl. Sci. Alyir., 

 Ois. ii. p. 340 (1867) ; Bartl. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 772. 



Porzana bailloni, Deql.Sj- Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 258 (1807) ; Dode)-l. 

 Avif. Sicil. p. 201 "(1869) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871 , p. 224 (S. Spain) ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413; id. B. Lur. vii. p. 275, pi. 497 (1878) ; 

 More, Zool. 1882, pp. 114, 115; Bidler, Feilden, ^ Reid, Zool. 1882, 

 p. 426 (Newcastle, Natal); Saunders, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. iii. p. 154 

 (1883) ; B.O.U. List Brit. B. p. 148 (1883) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. G14 (1884) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1885, p. 346 (Transvaal) ; 

 Sharpe, Ilns, 1888, p. 489 (Fao) ; Sahnd. Eleiich. Uec. Ital. p. 235 

 (1887); Pleske, Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. (7) xxxvi. p. 48 (1888). 



Ortygometra minuta {nee PcdL), Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 338 (1867) ; 

 Madardsz, Ausst. Unyar. J'or/c//'. p. 113 (1891). 



Ortvgometra pusilla {nee Pall.)', Goebel,J.f. 0. 1879, p. 272 (Uman) ; 

 Miiller, J.f. 0. 1887, p. 178 (Ilesse). 



Porzana pusilla {nee Pall.), Boyd. Consp. Av. Imp. Ross. p. 54 (1884, 

 pt.). 



Phalaridium sp. iiidet., Olplie-Gall. Contr. Faun. Orn. Eur. Occid. 

 fasc. xvi. p. 30 (li;87). 



Gallinula pusilla (tiec Pall.), Koeniy, J.f. O. 1888, p. 275 (Tunis). 



Gallinula minuta {nee Pall.), Reiser, Viiy. Mus. Sarajevo, p. 117 



Phalaridium bailloni. Heme ^- Reiclien. I\ontencl. Mus. Hem. p. 319 



(1890). 



Adult male. General colour above dark ocbreous brown, with 

 black centres to ncarh' all the feathers, which are marked with 

 white spots freckled with black ; lower back black, freckled with 

 white, but only slightly washed with ocbreous brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts ocbreous brown with black centres ; lesser and median 

 wing-coverts uniform ocbreous brown like the back, the greater 

 series with blackish centres and white frecklings ; the innermost 

 secondaries like the back, with broad black centres, the inner webs 

 paler ochraceous brown, thereby forming a broad longitudinal band 

 on each side of the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and qtiills 

 sejjia-brown, the edges of the bastard-wing feathers and the first 

 primary white; tail-feathers blackish, edged with dark ocbreous 

 brown ; centre of crown and hind neck dark ocbreous or reddish 

 brown, only feebly streaked with black centres to the feathers ; 

 forehead and a broad eyebrow as well as the entire sides of face, 

 throat, and breast clear slaty grey ; abdomen, flanks, and thighs 

 blackish mottled with white bars; under tail-coverts deep black 

 barred with white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries dusky 



