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form, slightly glossy and spotless white. They measure respectively : 

 1-13 hy -83 ; 1-1 by 'So. 



-2. Betsileo, Madagascar. Rev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Genus CRECISCUS, Cab. 



Creciscus jamaicensis (Gm.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Porzana jamaicensis, Baird, Brewer 8f Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i. 



p. 377 (1884). 

 Creciscus jamaicensis, Skarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 135 (1894) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 104 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Black Crake in the Collection are of 

 an elliptical shape. They have a slight gloss, and are creamy 

 white, rather closely speckled with reddish brown and underlying 

 pale purple. They measure respectively : 1 by *77 ; 1 by *76. 



2. Calumet, Illinois, 17th June Salvin-Godman Coll.. 



(De Witt}. 



Creciscus albigularis (Lawr.}. 

 (Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Porzana albigularis, Sol. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 546. 

 Creciscus albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 140 (1894) ; id. 

 Hand-l. i. p. 105 (1899). 



The eggs of the White- throated Crake in the Collection are 

 oval or sub-elliptical in form and have hardly any gloss. They are 

 creamy white, with a few small pale purple shell-markings and 

 numerous small blotches and spots of reddish brown, more closely 

 set at the larger end of the egg than elsewhere. They measure 

 respectively : 1-3 by '87 ; 1-21 by -89. 



2. Remedies, Antioquia, U.S.Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



Creciscus cayennensis (Bodd.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Porzana cayennensis, Sal. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 545. 



Creciscus cayanensis, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 143 (1894). 



Creciscus cayennensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 105 (1899). 



The single egg of the Cayenne Crake in the Collection is elliptical 

 in shape, has little or no gloss, and is dull white with a very few 

 minute and inconspicuous specks of pale yellowish brown. It 

 measures 1-37 by *95. 



1. Remedios, Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



