118 



Porzana intermedia, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 103 (1894), 

 Porzana pusilla, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



The eggs of Baillon's Crake resemble so closely the eggs ofZapornia 

 parva as to require no separate description. They are, however, 

 smaller and measure from I'l to 1*2 in length and from -8 to '9 in 

 breadth. 



1. Cambridgeshire, Aug. (W. Farren). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. Baker}. 



3. Valkenswaard (Bots). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, May (H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Seville, Spain (Lord Lilford). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Southern Spain. Lord Lilford [P.]. 



1. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salviri). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Betsileo, Madagascar. Eev. W. Deans Cowan [0.]. 



Porzana auricularis, Eeiclien. 



Porzana pygma3a, Tacz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 106, tab. iii. fig. 32. 



Porzana bailloni, Hume fy Marsh. Game Birds 2nd. ii. p. 203 (1879), iii, 



App. pi. ii. (1880) ; Legc/e, Birds Ceyl. p. 766 (1880). 

 Porzana pusilla, Oates ed. Hume, Nests fy Egrjs 2nd. B. iii. p. 395 (1890) j 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 106 (1894) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. 



Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 639 (1899). 

 Porzana auricularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



Mr. Hume appears to have examined many eggs of Pallas's Crake, 

 the eastern representative of Baillon's Crake, but there is only 

 a single specimen now in his collection. This resembles in colour 

 the eggs of P. pusilla. " The egg of Pallas's Crake is oval, slightly 

 pointed towards one end ; the shell of a firm and compact texture, 

 and with a slight gloss. The ground-colour is a sort of a pale olive 

 stone-colour, or very slightly greenish drab, thickly freckled and 

 mottled with faint dusky clouds and streaks, which, in all the eggs 

 that I have seen, were most densely set towards the large end, 

 The dusky markings in some eggs are a sort of pale sepia, but in 

 others have a distinctly purplish tinge. They appear, however, to 

 be at all times dull, inconspicuous and ill-defined. The eggs vary 

 in length from 1-1 to 1-22, and in breadth from -83 to '91." 

 (Hume.) 



1. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Genus SAROTHRURA, Heine. 

 Sarothrura insularis (Sharpe). 



Corethrura insularis, Coican, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) j 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 118 (1894). 

 Ortygometra insularis, Milne-Edwards fy Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag.. 



Ois. ii. p. 575 (1885). 

 Sarothrura insularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 103 (1899). 



The two eggs of Sharpe' s Crake in the Collection are of an oval 



