EALLIDJi. 



Family KALLID^E. 



Sub-Family RALLIN^E. 



Genus RALLUS, Linn. 

 Kallus elegans, Audul. 



Rallus elegans, Baird, Brewer $ Ridaw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 353- 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 8 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 9:3 (1899). 



The eggs of the King-Rail, or Great Eed-breasted Rail, are mostly 

 of a regular oval form, with very little gloss. They vary from 

 cream-colour to pale pinkish buff and they are spotted and blotched 

 with reddish brown and pale purple. The markings are small 

 and sparingly distributed over the shell. At the broader end, how- 

 ever, they are frequently of larger size and confluent. Numerous 

 examples measure from 1'55 to 1/8 in length, and from 1'15 

 to 1'25 in breadth. 



1. N. America. 



1. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). 



3. N. America (Henshaiv Coll.). 



4. N. America, June (G. Hitz ; Hen- 



shaw Coll.). 



3. N. America (Smiths. Inst.). 

 1. Chicago (Henshaw Coll.). 



4. Illinois (JR. Kennicott: Henshaw Coll.}. 

 4. New Jersey (Smiths. Inst.). 



A. D. Bartlett, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Rallus crepitans, Gm. 



Rallus londrostris (nee Bodd.), Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. Water Birds 



N. Am. i. p. 358 (1884). 

 Rallus crepitans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 12 (1894) : id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 94 (1899). 



The eggs of the Clapper Rail resemble those of R. eleyans in 

 colour, but they vary more in shape and size. They measure from 

 1-4 to 1-95 in length, and from 1 to 1-22 in breadth. 



Cobb's Island, Virginia, May. 

 Cobb's Island, 25th June. 

 Cobb's Island, 5th July. 

 Barnesrat Bay, New Jersey, 



12th June. 



Barnegat Bay, 13th July. 

 Little Egg Harbour, New Jersey, 



26th June. 



Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 



W. E. D. Scott, Esq. [C.]. 





