AVES. 147 



347. PORZANA PUSILLA. 



Porzana pygmcea (nee Naum.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. 



p. 193 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98. 

 Gallinula pygmcea (nee Naum.), Severtz. Tarkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 

 Porzana hailloni (V.); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413 ; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, ii. p. 203, 



pi. 35 (1879) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 590; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 123 ; Scully, .1. A. S. Beng. Ivi. 



p. 88 (1887). 

 Ortygometr a pygmcea, Prjev. in Eowley^s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 94 (1878). 

 Ortygometra hailloni, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 90 (1889). 

 Porzana pusilla (PalL) ; Grant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) v. p. 80 (1890). 

 Crex pusilla (Pall.) ; Seebohm, B. Japan. Emp. p. 355 (1890). 



No. 808. Aktagh, October 13, 1873. 



Dr. Henderson obtained a specimen near Sliahidula. Dr. Scully writes : — '' A single 

 specimen of this species was obtained in marshy ground near the city of Yarkand on the 29th 

 of June. It was not at all common near Yarkand ; but it is probable that a few birds breed 

 there." 



348. Porzana maruetta. 



Porzana maruett a (Leach) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 413 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 193 (1876) ; Blanf . East. Persia, ii. p. 288 (1876) ; Hume & Marsh. Game 

 Birds o£ India, ii. p. 213, pi. 37 (1879) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98 ; Scully, ibid. p. 590; id. J. A. S. 

 Beng. Ivi. p. 88 (1887). 



Gallinula porzana, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 



A single specimen of this species was obtained by Dr. Henderson at the Karatagh Lake 

 on the Karakoram, at an elevation of over 16,000 feet. '' This was on the 24th of September, 

 and the bird was probably on its way southwards. It could not possibly have been anything 

 else but a casual visitor, as the lake lay in perfectly bare shingle, and there was scarcely a 

 vestige of vegetation anywhere about. The bird was easily caught by the hand, and at the 

 same time and place, as already mentioned, a Common Quail was captured. This lake lies 

 almost in the most direct route as the crow flies between Yarkand plains and Leh, and 

 between the nearest points respectively of the Karakash and Shyok." 



Dr. Scully also procured a specimen of the Spotted Crake at Toghrasu on the 21st Sep- 

 tember, elevation 11,265 feet. The bird was probably migrating southwards. 



Mr. Hume adds a note : — " It is very remarkable that the only specimen of this Eail 

 obtained by Dr. Henderson was caught at the Karatagh Lake, at an elevation of 16,000 feet, 

 just 52 miles south of Toghrasu, on the 24th of September." 



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