116 EALLIDJi). 



10. Northamptonshire, 27th June. Col. L. H. Irby [P.]. 



12. Oambridgeahire ( W. Farren). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



9. Churt, Surrey. Gould Coll. 



4. Sherwood Forest (H. Seebohm). Seebnhm Coll. 



1. Christiansund, Norway, June. Bernhard Hanson [C.]. 



7. Livonia, Baltic Provs. (Mussow). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Pomerania, 20th June (T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 

 5. Pomerania, 20th June (r.ff.). Seebohm CoH. 



Genus ZAPORNIA, Leach. 



Zapomia parva {Scop.). 



Gallinula minuta, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 3 (1845- 



54). 

 Zapomia minuta, Baedeher, Eier Fur. Vog: tab. 44. fig. 4 (1855-63). 

 Gallinula pusilla, Kutter, J.f. O. 1865, p. 334. 

 Porzana parra, Dresser, Birds Eur. vii. p. 283 (1878). 

 Crex parva, Seebohm, Brit: Birds, ii. p. 547, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 85, pi. 22. fig. 6 (1896). 

 Zapomia parva, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 89 (1894) ; id. Sand-l, 



i. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Crake vary from a regular oval to a 

 biconical shape and are fairly glossy. They are quite abnormal in 

 their coloration. The ground is of a buff or yeUowish-brown colour, 

 but this is almost entirely concealed by specks, spots and streaks 

 of rufous brown of various shades. The fou.r specimens in the 

 Collection measure respectively : 1'27 by '9 ; 1*25 by "9 ; 1-25 by 

 ■85 ; 1-3 by -85. 



1 . Crimea, 27th May. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Sarepta, S. Russia (Er. Stader: Seebohm Coll. 

 HargiU Coll.). 



Genus FOBZANA, Vidll. 



Porzana porzana {Linn.). 



Gallinula porzana, Thien. Fortp/lanz. ges, Vog. tab. Ixxiii. fig. 1, a-e 



(1845-54). 

 Porzana maruetta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 44. fig. 2 (1865-63) ; 



Eresser, Birds Eur. vii.p. 267 (1878) ; Sume S/- Marsh. Game Birds 



Ind. ii. p. 213 (1879). 

 Crex porzana, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, ii. p. 375, pi. cvi. fio-. ii 



(1856) ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, ii. p. 540, pi. 23 (1884) ; id. Fags of 



Brit. Birds, p. 84, pi. 22, fig. 1 (1896). 

 Porzana porzana, SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 93 (1894) : id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 101 (1899). 



The eggs of the Spotted Crake are mostly of a regular oval form,, 

 but oooasionally they are spheroidal, and they have a considerable 

 amount of gloss. The ground varies from pale buff to reddish buflF, 



