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and in some examples it is of a pale greenish white or stone-colour. 

 The markings consist of specks, spots, and very small blotches of 

 pale purple and dark maroon-brown. Numerous specimens measure 



from 1-15 to 1-4 in length, and from *8 to *1 in breadth. 



10. Valkenswaard, Holland (J. Baker}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. Valkenswaard, 12th May (H. See- Seebohm Coll. 



bohtn). 



4. Valkenswaard, 12th May (H. S. : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.). 



1. Valkenswaard, 14th May (H. S. : Seebohm Coll. 



Hargitt Coll.}. 



o. Valkenswaard, 14th May (If. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



9. Valkenswaard, 19th May (H. S.}. Seebohm CoU. 



4. Valkenswaard, 19th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



0. Valkenswaard, 19th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Valkenswaard, 19th May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



7. Valkenswaard, 21st May (H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



8. Valkenswaard, 21st May (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, 24th May (H. S.). Seebohm CoU. 

 1. Valkenswaard, 25th May (H. &). Seebohm Coll. 



10. Allkerk, Holland, 6th June (/. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Baker). 



8. South Holland. Lord Lilford [P.], 



4. Brunswick, 9th May (H. Seebohm) . Seebohm Coll. 

 8. Livonia, Baltic Pro vs. (Russoiv}. Seebohm Coll. 



Porzana Carolina (Linn.}. 

 (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 



Porzana Carolina, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 370 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 97 (1894); id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 101 (1899). 



The three eggs of the Carolina, or Sora, Crake in the Collection 

 closely resemble those eggs of P. porzana in which the ground is 

 of a pale buff colour. They measure respectively : T25 by -9 ; 1'23 

 by -9 ; 1-3 by -9. 



1. N. America (Smiths. Inst.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. N. America (Henshaw Coll.}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Porzana pusilla, Pall. 



(lallinula pygmsea, Thien. Fortpjlanz. yes. Vb'g. tab. Ixxiii. tig. 2, a-c 



(184o-54). 



Zapornia pygmaea, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 44. tig. 3 (1855-63). 

 Crex bailloni, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 377, pi. cvi. tig. i 



(1856) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 361 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 543, 



pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 84, pi. 22. tig. 4 (1896). 

 Porzana bailloni, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 275 (1878). 

 Porzana pygmaea, Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) ; 



Milne-Edwards $ Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 578, 



pi. 306. tig. 4(1885). 



