LIMNOrARDALIS. HYPOTJ3NIDIA. 



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Iceland, 23rd June. 



Rathlin Island (JR. Greenwood). 



Lismore, Ireland. 



Garryduff, Waterford, 20th April 



(JR. J. Ussher). 

 Scotland. 

 Valkenswaard, Holland, 28th May 



(H. Seebohm}. 



Valkenswaard, 29th May (H. S.). 

 Spain, 23rd April (H. Saunders). 

 Malaga, 14th May. 

 Casas Viej as, Cadiz, May (L. H. Irby) . 

 Zana, Algeria, June (0. Salviri). 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 R. J. Ussher, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Genus LIMNOPARDALIS, Cab. 



Limnopardalis sanguinolentus (Swains.}. 



Rallus sanguinolentus, Yarr. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 54. 



Rallus rhytirhynchus, Sd. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 990 ; James t New 



List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892). 

 Limnopardalus sanguinolentus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 30 



(1894). 

 Limnopardalis sanguinolentus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 95 (1899). 



The eggs of the Blood-spotted Rail resemble those of Rallus 

 aquaticus. An example from Peru is large, measuring 1-43 by 1-03 ; 

 Chilian eggs are smaller, measuring from 1-25 to 1 '37 in length, 

 and from '93 to *95 in breadth. Yarrell (I. c.) gives the dimensions 

 of an egg of this species as 1'S by 1*25. Skins of L. sanguinolentus t 

 procured by Mr. Whitely in Peru and Mr. James in Central Chile, 

 are in the collection of the British Museum, and serve to confirm 

 the authenticity of the eggs found by these naturalists in Peru and 

 Chile respectively. 



1. Peru (H. Whitehj). 



4. Central Chile (Landbeck). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus HYPOTJENIDIA, Reichenb. 



The eggs of the Rails of this genus are normally of a very broad 

 oval form, sometimes truly elliptical and, not unfrequently, 

 spheroidal. The amount of gloss is very variable, even among the 

 eggs of the same species. 



Hypotsenidia striata (Linn.). 



Rallus striatus, Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 427. 



Hypotsenidia striata, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 352 ; Hume $ Marsh. 



The eggs of the Blue-breasted Banded Rail vary from a pinkish 

 white to a salmon-pink or pinkish buff. The markings, which are 

 pretty evenly distributed over the whole shell, consist of specks, 



