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Porzana pusillus (Pallas). — Kleinste Waterhoentje. 



4 sp. Valkenswaard, 1851. Newton teekende hierbij aan: 



„Only one of these was ever actually in Mr. Wolley's possession. T let 

 Mr. Green, the dealer, have two of them in 1852, and Mr. Wolley seeing 

 them in his shop, and recognizing my marks upon them, immediately 

 bought one of them. The other I lost sight of for nearly forty years, 

 when in 1891 Mr. Leopold Field, into whose possession it had come, 

 recognizing my marks upon it, most kindly restored it to me — an 

 additional proof, if that were needed, of the advantage of inscribing eggs 

 in ink. The remaining two eggs never left the collection of my brother 

 and myself. All four were received by us in 1851, direct from Arnold 

 Bots, of Valkenswaard." 



2 sp, Klincorken (sic) '), aan de Dommel, Noord -Brabant, 1857. A^ln 



John Bakek, 1858. A¥olley teekende hierbij o.a. aan: 



„These are extreme varieties. One is a rather large specimen with 

 unusually distinct markings on a light ground, but not (as at first sight 

 might appear) faded. The other is a very dwarf specimen, but otherwise 

 ordinary in appearance. Baker says he has several times had such dwarf- 

 eggs of P. pusillus. He has met with no trace of P. parvus in Holland. 

 He says they were taken at a place called Klincorken, about twenty 

 miles from Valkenswaard, on the Dommel, which is the river flowing from 

 that place to Bois-le-Duc, where it joins the Meuse. 



These eggs measure 1.15 by .87 inch (=29.2 X 22.1 mM.) and .91 by 

 .62 inch." (=23.1X15-7 mM.). 



3 sp. Valkenswaard, 1855. „From two nests." 

 6 „ Met de aanteekening : 



„Obtained in Holland by Mr. Baker, and no doubt from the same 

 district", (i. e. aan de Dommel). 



Gallinula chloropus (L.). — Waterhoentje. 

 3 sp. Holland (z. n. a.), 1851. 



Recurvirostra avosetta L. — Kluit. 



1 sp. Zierikzee, 20 Mei 1857. Van J. Baker. Met de aanteekening: 



„Mr. Baker told me that he visited the nest day after day, and con- 

 stantly saw the bird on this egg at a short distance from him, but it 



1) Niet onwaarschijulijk wordt hier Klinckaart, een uitgestrekte hoeve in de 

 Meijerij van 's Hertogenbosch bedoeld, of misschien een hoeve, die den naam 

 „Klein Cour ke" ,(= Kiein Hofje) droeg? v. P. L. 



