116 RALLID^I. 



10. Northamptonshire, 27th June. Col. L. H. Irby [P.]. 



12. Cambridgeshire (W. Farren). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Churt, Surrey. Gould Coll. 



4. Sherwood Forest (H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Christiansund, Norway, June. Bernhard Hanson [C.]. 



7. Livonia, Baltic Pro vs. (Russoiv). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Pomerania, 20th June (T. Holland}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Pomerania, 20th June (T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus ZAPORNIA, Leach. 



Zapornia parva (Scop.). 



Gallinula minuta, Thien. Fwtpflanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 3 (1845- 



54). 



Zapornia minuta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 44. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 (lallinula pusilla, Kutter, J.f. 0. 1865, p. 334. 

 Porzana parva, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 283 (1878). 

 Crex parva, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 547, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eyys of 



Brit. Birds, p. 85, pi. 22. fig. 6 (1896). 

 Zapornia parva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 89 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. 



i. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Crake vary from a regular oval to a 

 hiconical shape and are fairly glossy. They are quite abnormal in 

 their coloration. The ground is of a buif or yellowish-brown colour, 

 hut this is almost entirely concealed by specks, spots and streaks 

 of rufous brown of various shades. The four specimens in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1-27 by '9 ; 1-25 by -9 ; T25 by 

 85 ; 1-3 by -85. 



1. Crimea, 27th May. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Sarepta, S. Russia (Dr. Stader: Seebohm Coll. 

 Haryitt Coll.}. 



Genus PORZANA, Vieill. 



Porzana porzana (Linn.). 



Gallinula porzana. Thien. Fortpflanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 1 a-e 



(1845-54). 

 Porzana maruetta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Voy. tab. 44. fig. 2 (1855-C3) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. vii.p. 267 (1878) ; Hume 8f Marsh. Game Birds 



2nd. ii. p. 213 (1879). 

 Crex porzana, Heivit^on, Lyc/s of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 375, pi. cvi. fig. ii 



(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 540, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eyys of 



Brit. Birds, p. 84, pi. 22. fig. 1 (1896). 

 Porzana porzana, tSJtaipe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 93 (1894) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted Crake are mostly of a regular oval form, 

 but occasionally they are spheroidal, and they have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground varies from pale buff to reddish buff, 



