82 On Rallus pusillus of Pallas and its Allies. 



by having the outside web of the first primary white instead 

 of brown, and the sides and flanks barred with black and 

 white, of which there is scarcely a trace in P. parva. 



In attempting to point out the different ranges of these three 

 species I shall only draw conclusions from the specimens I 

 have seen, and such references as there can be little or no 

 doubt about. 



The range of Porzana pusilla, so far as I can ascertain 

 from the specimens before me, is throughout the Indian 

 peninsula (except Sindh, though Mr. Hume mentions that a 

 specimen of P. Bailloni (P. pusilla, mihi) was shot by Mr. 

 Blanford at Manchur Lake, in Sindh ; but I have not seen 

 it), extending south to Ceylon and the Andaman Islands. It 

 occurs north of Tavoy, and extends through China to the 

 Philippine Islands, and has been obtained at Bintulu, in 

 N.W. Borneo. It occurs in Afghanistan, and is recorded 

 from Beluchistan, Turkestan, Dauiia, S.E. Siberia, and 

 Japan ; but it seems to me probable that the specimens from 

 Beluchistan have been wrongly identified, and should be 

 referred to P. parva. Mr. Scully says it is a summer visitor 

 in small numbers to the main valleys round Gilgit. 



With regard to P. -parva, which he also obtained at Gilgit, 

 Mr. Scully says, u This species appears merely to pass through 

 the district in spring and autumn. It is found in Sindh in 

 winter ; and the birds that visit us probably breed further 

 north." It is common in Sindh, and we have specimens 

 from Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Turkey in Asia, South and 

 Central Europe, and Britain, as well as one from Mtesa's 



Country, which lies just north of Lake Victoria Nyanza. 

 The true Porzana Bailloni is a straggler to Great Britain 



and ranges from South and Central Europe to the Cape 



Colony and Madagascar. A specimen was obtained by Mr. 



Cumming at Fao, at the head of the Persian Gulf. 



So far as is known the ranges of P. pusilla and P. Bailloni 



are widely separated, and P. parva occupies the intermediate 



country as well as being found in part of the country occupied 



by each. 



