— 192 — 



(A sina;le bird found swimmintj in the Ogiin river. The stomach 

 containeil sand aiui fine fj;rass roots. — W. P. L.). 



Famii.y RALLIDAE. 



Crecopsis ejfregia. 



Urex egicgiii Pi: r eus, Monatsber. K. .Xkad. Berlin, i'S54. p. 134. 

 — Type localitv : Mozambique. 



Mr. LovvE obtained two examples of the African Crake on the 

 loth and 23rd ot" Januarv, iq20 from Ijii. The bird has previouslv 

 been obtained at Lassos by Major Ewart and the skin of this bird 

 is in the British Muséum. 



Range. — This species has an e.\:tensive African range. From 

 West Africa \ve hâve spécimens in the Hritish Muséum from 

 Gambia, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon and 

 Angola, while Keichenow {Vôg. Afr., I, p. 278) enumerates 

 varions other localities on the West Coast from which it has been 

 obtained. 



I can see no différence between-East African and West African 

 examples but should thev prove to be separable, the West African 

 form has already a name : 



Ortygotnetra angolcnsis of Harti.auu {^Ihis, 1862, p. 340) 

 described from Angola, and should be known as Crecopsis e^regia 

 aiigolensis. 



(Onlv two of thèse birds were met with — both in tall grass. 

 Their stomachs contained sand and grasshoppers. — W. P. L.). 



Porphyrula alleni. 



Porphyriola alleni Thomson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., X, 1842, 

 p. 204. — iype localitv : Idda, Niger, River. 



A spécimen of Ali.en's Reed-Hen was obtained by Mr. 1\ A. 

 Talbot at Oban, S. Nigeria. 



From N. Nigeria we bave a spécimen shot at Egga by Ferrvman. 



