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Familv RALLID^. 



Sub-Family RALLIN^. 



Genus RALLUS, Linn. 

 Rallus elegans, Amluh. 



Rallus elegans, Baird, Brewer S,- Ridgiv. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 353 

 (1884); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 8 (1891): id. Hand-l i 

 p. 93 (1899). 



The eggs of the King-Ilail, or Great Eed-breasted Rail, are mostl}- 

 of a regular oval form, with verj- little gloss. They vary from 

 cream-colour to pale pinkish buff and they are spotted and blotched 

 with reddish brown and pale purple. The markings are small 

 and sparingly distributed over the shell. At the broader end, how- 

 ever, they are frequently of larger size and confluent. jN'umerous 

 examples measure from 1-55 to 1-8 in length, and from 1-15 

 to l"2b in breadth. 



1. N. America. 



1. N. America (Hemhaiv Coll.). 



3. N. America {Henshaio Coll.). 



4. N. America, June (6^. BJitz : Hen- 



.<</taw Coll.). 



3. N. America {Smiths. Inst.). 

 1. Chicago (Henshaiu Coll.). 



4. Ilhnois {R. Kennicott: Henshaw Coll.). 

 4. New Jersey {Smiths. Inst.). 



A. D. Bartlett, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvm-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rallus crepitans, Gm. 



Rallus longirostris {nee Bodd.), Baird, Brewer * Ridaiv. Water Birds 



N. Am. i. p. 358 (1884). 

 Rallus crepitans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p 12 fl894) • id 



Hand-l. i. p. 94 (1899). '' ' 



The eggs of the Claj^per Rail resemble those of R. eler/ans in 

 colour, but they vary more in shape and size. They measure from 

 l-4r to 1-95 in length, and from 1 to V22 in breadth. 



Cobb's Island, Virginia, May. 

 Cobb's Island, 25th June. 

 Cobb's Island, 5tli Jidy. 

 ]5arneiiat Bay, New Jersey, 



12th June." 

 Earnegat Bay, 13th July. 

 Little Egg Harbour, New Jersey, 



2Gth June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 2()th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 2(ith June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 2Gth June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 2Gth June. 



W. E. D. Scott, Esq. [C.]. ] S' 





