118 EALLTD^. 



Porzana intermedia, SJiorpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. ]03 (1894), 

 Porzana piisilla, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



The eggs of Baillon's Crake resemble so closely the eggs oi Zapornia 

 2>arva as to require no separate description. They are, however, 

 smaller and measure from 1"1 to 1*2 in length and from "8 to '9 in 

 breadth. 



1. Cambridgeshire, Aug. {W. Fmren). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. Baker). 



3. Valkenswaard (Bots). Seebohm Coll. 



•3. Valkenswaard, May (i/^. 'Seeio/Mw). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Seville, Spain {Lord Lilford). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Southern Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



1. Zana, Algeria, June (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Betsileo, Madagascar. Eev. "NV. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Porzana auricularis, Reichen. 



Porzana pygmaea, Tacz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 106, tab. iii. fig. 32. 



Porzana bailloni, Hume ^- Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 203 (1879), iii. 



App. pi. ii. (1880); Lefn/e, Birds Ceyl. p. im (1880). 

 Porzana pusilla, Oates ed. Kume, Kcsts >.y Er/r/s Bid. B. iii. p. 395 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 106 (1894) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. 



Nat. Hist. Sac. xii. p. 639 (1899). 

 Porzana auricularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



Mr. Hume appears to have examined many eggs of Pallas's Crake, 

 the eastern representative of Baillon's Crake, but there is only 

 a single specimen now in his collection. This resembles in colour 

 the eggs of P. piisilla. •' The egg of Pallas's Crake is oval, slightly 

 pointed towards one end ; the shell of a firm and compact texture, 

 and with a slight gloss. The ground-colour is a sort of a pale olive 

 stone-colour, or very slightly greenish drab, thickly freckled and 

 mottled with faint dusky clouds and streaks, which, in all the eggs 

 that I have seen, were most densely set towards the large end. 

 The dusky markings in some eggs are a sort of pale sepia, but in 

 others have a distinctly purplish tinge. They appear, however, to 

 be at all times dull, inconspicuous and ill-defined. The eggs vary 

 in length from 1*1 to 1-22, and in breadth from -83 to "Ol." 

 {Hume.) 



1. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Genus SAROTHRURA, Heine. 

 Sarothrura insularis {Sharpe). 



Corethrnra insularis, Coican, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) j 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 118 (1894). 

 Crtvgometra insularis, Milne-Edwards ^- Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Maday., 



Ois. ii. p. 575 (1885). 

 Sarothrura insularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 103 (1899). 



The two eggs of Sharpe's Crake in the Collection are of an oval 



