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A Note on the Nest and Eggs of Porzana 



FLUMINEA. 

 By A. M. Morgan, M.D. 



As the eggs of this bird are rare in collections, and as I am 

 unable to find a description of them in any scientific writings, I 

 take this opportunity of describing a clutch sent to me by Mr. 

 Malcolm Murray, of Wirrabara. Mr. Murray writes : — " The 

 Crake's nest was composed of grass, dry and green intermixed, 

 placed above water level, in a bush growing in the water of a 

 lake or swamp near Farina, on Myrtle Spring's Run." The eggs 

 are five in number, and were taken on August 18, 1898. The 

 ground colour is of a light olive-brown, with dark reddish-brown 

 spots, more plentiful at the larger end, but not forming a distinct 

 ring, some of the marking appear as if beneath the surface. At 

 the larger end there are, in each egg, a few round almost black 

 spots. Measurements : — (A) IJ in. x if in., (B) H in. x if in., 

 (C) lA in. X \i in., (D) l-f in. x i| in., (E) IJ in. x || in. The 

 «ggs were accompanied by the bird shot from the nest. 



