118 EATilD^. 



Porzana ihtermedia, Sharps, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 103 (1894), 

 Porzana pusilla, Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



The eggs of BaiUon's Crake resemble so closely the eggs oiZapornia 

 parva as to require no separate description. They are, however, 

 smaller and measure from 1*1 to 1-2 in length and from '8 to "9 in 

 breadth. • 



1. Cambridgeshire, Aug. ( W. Farren). Salvin-Godman OoIL 

 4. Valkenswaard, Holland, June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{J. Baker). 



3. Vaikens-waard {Bote). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Valkenswaard, May {H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Seville, Spain {Lord LUford). Seebohm CoU. 



2. Southern Spain. Lord Lilford [P.T. 



1. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Betsileo, Madagascar. Eev. W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Porzana axiricularis, Reichen. 



Porzana pygmsea, Tacz. J.f. O. 1873, p. 106, tab. iii. fig. 32. 



Porzana bailloni, Hume Sr Marsh. Game Birds Ind. ii. p. 203 (1879), iii, 



App. pi. ii. (1880) ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 766 (1880). 

 Porzana pusiUa, Oaies ed. Hume, Nests ir Bggs Ind. B. iii. p. 895 (1890) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 106 (1894) ; Wilson, Journ. Bomb. 



Nat. Hist. Soc. xii. p. 639 (1899). 

 Porzana auricularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 102 (1899). 



Mr. Hume appears to have examined many eggs of Pallas's Crake, 

 the eastern representative of BaiUon's Crake, but there is only 

 a single specimen now in his collection. This resembles in colour 

 the eggs of P. pusilla. " The egg of Pallas's Crake is oval, slightly 

 pointed towards one end ; the shell of a firm and compact texture, 

 and with a slight gloss. The ground-colour is a sort of a pale olive 

 stone-colour, or very slightly greenish drab, thickly freckled and 

 mottled with faint dusky clouds and streaks, which, in all the eggs 

 that I have seen, were most densely, set towards the large end. 

 The dusky markings in some eggs are a sort of pale sepia, but in 

 others have a distinctly purphsh tinge. They appear, however, to 

 be at all times dull, inconspicuous and ill-defined. The eggs vary 

 in length from id to 1'22, and in breadth from -83 to '91." 

 (Hume.') 



1. Himalayas. Hume Coll. 



Genus SAROTHRURA, Heine. 

 Sarothrura insularis {Sharpe). 



Corethrura insularis, Cowan, Proc. B. Phys. Soc. Edin. vii. p. 149 (1882) : 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 118 (1894). 

 Ortygometra insularis, Milne-Edwards Sf Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., 



Ois. ii. p. 575 (1886). 

 Sarothrura insularis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 103 (1899). 



The two eggs of Sharpe's Crake in the Collection are of an oval 



