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form, slightly glossy and spotless wMte. They measure respectively : 

 1-13 by -83 ; 1-1 by -85. 



2. Betsileo, Madagascar. Eev. "W. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



Genus CRECISCUS, Gab. 



Creciscns jamaicensis {Gm.). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 



Forzana jamaicensis, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. Water Birds N. Am. i, 



p. 377 (1884). , 

 Creeiscus jamaicensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 135 (1894) ; id, 



Hand-l. i. p. 104 (1899). 



The eggs of the Little Black Crake in the Collection are of 

 an elliptical shape. They have a slight gloss, and are creamy 

 white, rather closely speckled with reddish brown and underlying 

 pale purple. They measure respectively : 1 by "77 ; 1 by •76. 



2. Calumet, Illinois, 17th June Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Be Witt). 



Creeiscus albigularis (Lawr.). 



(Plate X. fig. 2.) 



Porzana albigularis, Scl. §• Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 646. 

 Creeiscus albigularis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 140 (1894) ; id. 

 Sand-l. i. p. 105 (1899). 



The eggs of the White-throated Crake in the Collection are 

 oval or sub-elliptical in form and have hardly any gloss. They are 

 creamy white, with a few small pale purple shell-markings and 

 numerous small blotches and spots of reddish brown, more closely 

 set at the larger end of the egg than elsewhere. They measure 

 respectively : 1-3 by -87 ; 1-21 by -89. 



2, Remedios,Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (r. K. Salmon). 



Creeiscus eayennensis (Bodd.), 



(Plate X, fig. 1.) 



Porzana eayennensis, Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 545. 



Creeiscus cayanensis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 143 (1894). 



Creeiscus eayennensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 105 (1899). 



The singlq egg of the Cayenne Crake in the Collection is elliptical 

 in shape, has little or no gloss, and is dull white with a very few 

 minute and inconspicuous specks of pale yellowish brown. It 

 measures 1"37 by "95. 



1. Kemedios,Antioquia, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 (T. K. Salmon). 



