708 PORZANA 



988. SUBSP. PORZANA PUSILLA. 



Porzana pusilla (Pall.), Reis. Ross. Reichs. iii. Anh. p. 700 (1776) ; 

 (Seebohm), B. Jap. Emp. p. 356 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiii. 

 p. 106 ; Blanf. F. Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 165 ; Tacz. F. 0. Sib. 0. 

 p. 997 ; P. pygmcva, David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 487 (nee. 

 Brehm). 



Hailli, Nepal. ; Hime-kuina } Jap. 



Ad. (India). Differs from P. baillom in being somewhat paler grey, 

 and in having an ochreous brown streak from the lores through the eye 

 and ear-coverts to the side of the neck, whereas in the European bird the 

 sides of the head are grey without any such stripe. Gape 0*7, wing 3*5, 

 tail 1'75, tarsus I'l inch. 



Hob. South-east Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Corea, Japan, 

 China, Burma, India, and Ceylon: west to Afghanistan and 

 Baluchistan, south to the Philippines in winter. 



In habits and nidification it does not differ from the Euro- 

 pean bird. It breeds in South-east Siberia, Japan, and the 

 Lower Himalaya in the last locality in June and July, and in 

 Japan and South-east Siberia in June. 



989. LITTLE CRAKE. 

 PORZANA PARVA. 



Porzana parva (Scop.), Ann. i. Hist. Nat. p. 108 (1769) ; Dresser, vii. 

 p. 283, pi. 498 ; (Sharpe), Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxiii. p. 89 ; Blanf. F. 

 Brit. Ind. Birds, iv. p. 164 ; Saunders, p. 511 ; P. minuta (Mont.), 

 Orn. Diet. Suppl. fol. 9 (1813 nec : Pall.) ; Gould, B. of Gt. Brit, 

 iv. pi. 90 ; P. pusilla (Bechst.), Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 340 (1803 nee. 

 Pall.) ; (Naum.), ix. p. 547, Taf. 238 ; (Gould), B. of. E. iv. pi. 345 ; 

 (Lilford), iv. p. 134, pis. 57, 58. 



Poule d 'eau poussin, French ; Schiribilla, Ital. ; Kleine 

 Sumpfhuhn, German ; Dverg Sumphone, Dan. ; Lilla Sumphona, 

 Swed. 



< ad. (Hungary). Differs from P. lailloni in being larger, the upper 

 parts more olivaceous and less spotted, the wing-coverts unspotted, the 

 black markings more blurred ; first primary dark brown on both webs ; 

 under parts deep .slate-blue, but the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 less distinctly barred ; bill bright red at base, otherwise yellowish green ; 

 iris blood-red ; legs green. Culmen 0'75, wing 4'15, tail 2'3, tarsus 1'3 

 middle toe with claw 1*75 inch. The female differs from the male in 



