116 E-4LLID^. 



10. NorthamptoDsliire, 27tli June. Col. L. H. Irby [P.]. 



12. Cambridgeshire ( W. Farren). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Churt, Surrey. Gould Coll. 



4. Sherwood Forest [H. Seebohn). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Christiansiind, Norway, June. Beruhard Hansou [C.]. 



7. Livonia, Baltic Pro vs. (JRussozc) . Seebohm Coll. 



•5. Pomerania, 20th June {T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Pomerania, 20th June (T.-^.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus ZAPORNIA, Leach. 



Zapornia parva (Scop.). 



Gallinula minuta, Thien. Fartpjlanz. ges. Vo(j. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 3 (1845- 



54). 

 Zapornia minuta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 44. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 Gallinula pusilla, Kutter, J.f. O. 1865, p. 334. 

 Porzana parva, Dresser, Birds Fur. vii. p. 283 (1878). 

 Crex parva, Seebohvi, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 547, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 85, pi. 22. fig. 6 (1896). 

 Zapornia parva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 89 (1894) ; id. Hand-L 



i. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Crake vary from a regular oval to a 

 biconical shape and are fairly glossy. They are quite abnormal in 

 their coloration. The ground is of a buff or yellowish-brown colour, 

 but this is almost entirely concealed by specks, spots and streaks 

 of rufous brown of various shades. The four specimens in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1-27 by "9 ; 1-25 by -9 ; 1'25 by 

 •85 ; 1-3 by -85. 



] . Crimea, 27th May. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Sarepta, S. Russia (Z)r. Stader: Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



Genus PORZANA, Vieill. 



Porzana porzana {Linn.). 



Gallinula porzana, Thien. Fortpflan::. ges. J'or/. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 1, a-e 



(1845-54). 

 Porzana maruetta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 44. fig, 2 (1855-63) : 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 267 (1878) ; Hume <§• Marsh. Game Birds 



Ind. ii. p. 213 (1879). 

 Crex porzana, Heicitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 375, pi. evi. fig. ii 



(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 540, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 84, pi. 22. fig. 1 (1896). 

 Porzana porzana. Sharpe. Cat. Bii-ds B. M. xxiii. p. 93 (1894) ; id. 



Hand-Li. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted Crake are mostly of a regular oval form, 

 but occasionally they are spheroidal, and they have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground varies from pale buff to reddi.sh buflT, 



