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Family RALLID^. 



Sub-Family RALLIN^. 



Genus EALLUS, Linn. 

 Eallus elegans, Auduh. 



Rallua elegans, Baird, Bretver ^ JRidgiu. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. SS* 

 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 8 (1894) : id. Hand-l. i. 

 p. 93 (1899). 



The eggs of the King-Eail, or Great Eed-hreasted Rail, are mostly 

 of a regular oval form, with very little gloss. They vary from 

 cream-colour to pale pinkish buff and they are spotted and blotched 

 with reddish brown and pale purple. The markings are small 

 and sparingly distributed over the shell. At the broader end, how- 

 ever, they are frequently of larger size and coniluent. Numerous- 

 examples measure from 1*55 to 1'8 in length, and from 1'15 

 to 1-25 in breadth. 



1. N. America. 



1. N. America (Henshaw Coll.). 



3. N. America {JSenshazo Coll.). 



4. N. America, June ((?. Sitz : Hen- 



shaw Coll.). 



3. N. America {Smiths. Inst.). 

 1. Chicago (Henshaw Coll.). 



4. lUinois (It. Kennicott: Henshaw Coll.). 

 4. New Jersey {Smiths. Inst.). 



A. D. Bartlett, Esq. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Sallus crepitans, Om. 



Rallus longirostris (nee Bodd.), Baird, Brewer ^ Ridgw. Water Birds 



N. Am. i. p. 358 (1884). 

 RaUus crepitans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 12 (1894) ; id. 



Hand-Li. p. 94 (1899). 



The eggs of the Clapper Rail resemble those of R. elegans in 

 colour, but they vary more in shape and size. They measure from 

 1-4 to 1"95 in length, and from 1 to 1'22 in breadth. 



Cobb's Island, Virginia, May. 

 Cobb's Island, 25th June. 

 Cobb's Island, 5th July. 

 Bamearat Bay, New Jersey, 



12th Jupe. 

 Bamegat Bay, 13th July. 

 Little Egg Harbour, New Jersey, 



26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 

 Little Egg Harbour, 26th June. 



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