18 Mr. J. D. D. La Touche—Field- Notes on 
One year a woodcutter brought tome on June 13a number 
of eggs, of which four are undoubtedly those of this bird 
and bear a close resemblance to some of the eggs of Turnicidee 
figured in the ‘Catalogue of Eggs in the British Museum,’ 
vol, i. pl. viii. These four specimens are of a broad pyriform- 
ovate or peg-top shape. The ground-colour is greyish white 
and they are very thickly speckled with reddish brown and 
purple of various shades over paler purple underlying spots. 
In three the deeper purple spots are large, scanty, and very 
dark, in one of them forming an irregular ring round the 
large end, and in the two others scattered all over the 
shell. They measure 1:01 x 0°86" (two eggs), 1:05 x 0°86", 
and 1:06 x 0°86". The texture is very smooth and glossy. 
So far as I can remember, the finder told me that he had 
found them on the ground. Two other eggs, both very stale, 
brought to me on July 11, and declared to be Quail’s eggs, 
are very similar to the former, but perhaps still more finely 
speckled ; they measure 1:03 x 0°84” and 1:03 x 0°86". 
166. Ratius rnpicus Blyth. 
Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 500. 
The Indian Water-Rail is probably a resident. IT have two 
specimens, both males, shot on December 21 and January 31, 
and have seen a third, shot on December 7. 
167. Hyporanipia srriata (L.). 
Rallus jouyt Stejneger ; Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 500. 
One specimen from Chinkiang was seen by Styan. I have 
not met with this Rail there. Two or three examples have 
been shot at Foochow, one of which is in my collection. 
It seems an uncommon bird in Hastern China. 
168. Porzana payKULL1 (Ljungh). 
Porzana mandarina Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
1870, v. p. 173. 
Rallina mandarina Sw.; Styan, Ibis, 1894, p. 335. 
Limnobenus paykulli Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiii. p. 149. 
A fie male example of this Rail was shot by the collectors 
on May 21, and a young female was brought to me alive on 
September 21. I kept the latter for ten days in a cage 
