

. CA.STANOLIMNAS. CREX. 115 



Both sets are small, well-defined, and sparingly distributed over 

 the shell. Six examples measure from 1*6 to 1'65 in length, and 

 from 1-25 to 1-28 in breadth. 



6. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Genus CASTANOLIMNAS, Sharpe. 



Castanolimnas canning! (Blytli). 



Rallina canningi, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 241 (1879) ; 



Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 398 (1890). 

 Castanolimnas canningi, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 80 (1894) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 100 (1899). 



The eggs of the Andamanese Banded Crake are of a very broad 

 oval or spheroidal form, and are of a pinkish-buff colour, marked 

 with numerous large pale purple, reddish-brown, and maroon-brown 

 dashes and blotches.. The two sets of markings are spread over the 

 whole shell, but more thickly at the large end than elsewhere. The 

 four examples in the Collection measure respectively: 1*45 by 1*1 ; 

 1-35 by 1-05 ; 1-42 by 1-12 ; 1-45 by 1-14. 



4. Port Blair, Andaroans, 16th July Hume Coll. 



(F. A. de Roepstorff}. 



Genus CREX, BecTist. 



Crex crex (Linn.}. 



Rallus crex, Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Vog. tab. Ixxii. fig. 3, a-c (1845-54). 



Crex pratensis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 44. fig. 5 (1855-63) ; Hewit- 

 son, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 372, pi. cv. fig. ii (1856) ; Dresser, Birds 

 Eur. vii. p. 291 (1878) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 535, pi. 23 

 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 83, pi. 22. fig. 9 (1896). 



rex crex, Sharpe, 'Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 82 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 100 (1899). 



The eggs of the Corn- Crake are generally of a broad oval form, 

 but elliptical examples are frequent. The ground varies from a 

 .creamy white to a pale buff, and it is occasionally of a pale bluish- 

 white colour. This is marked, rather indistinctly, with small 

 blotches of very pale purple, and with specks, spots, streaks, and 

 blotches of reddish brown. Both sets of markings are somewhat 

 sparingly scattered over the shell except at the larger end, where 

 they are numerous and frequently confluent. On some specimens 

 the markings consist entirely of fine dots. The eggs measure from 

 1'35 to 1*5 in length, and from 1 to 1*1 in breadth. 



2. Balmacara, Ross-shire (D. Chisholm : Seebohm Coll. 

 Hargitt Coll.}. 



5. Drumnadrochit, Inverness (A. Law- Seebohm Coll. 



ler : Hargitt Coll.}. 



2. Drumnadrochit (A. Lender: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 

 Coll.}. 



