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The eggs of the Florida Gallinule resemble those of 0. chloropus 

 in texture, shape and colour, hut they are, on the whole, rather 

 larger. 



8. N. America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. N. America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Ainsworth, Illinois {Joel Reeves : Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Henshaw Coll.). 



3. Cook Co., Illinois, June [Kennicott). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Jamaica. Old Collection. 



1. Jamaica (A. Neivton). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Bethlehem, St. Croix, W. Indies, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



22nd May (A. Sr E. Newton). 



6. Barbados, 8th August. Col. H. W. Peilden [P.]. 



4. Prov. Tarapaca, Chile, 30th Jan. Berkeley James Coll. 



(A. A. Lane). 



Genus PORPHYRIOPS, Pucher. 



Porphyriops melanops (Vieill). 

 (Plate X. flg. 4.) 



Gallinula crassirostris, Yarr. P. Z. S. 1847, p. 54. 



Porphyriops melanops, Scl. ^ Suds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 156 (1889) ; 

 James, New List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892) ; Sharps, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxiii. p. 182 (1894); id. Sandal, i. p. 108 (1899). 



The eggs of the Thick-billed "Water-hen are of a blunt oval form, 

 glossy, and of a brownish-buff colour, with a few small pale purple 

 blotches sunk into the shell, and numerous spots, specks, and small 

 blotches of rich chocolate-brown on the surface. These latter are 

 most frequent at the large end of the egg, where in many specimens 

 they are mixed with some twisted and knotted lines. The eggs 

 measure from 1*5 to 1-7 in length, and from 1-1 to 1'2 in breadth. 



3. Chile. Old Collection. 



10. Central Chile {Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



Genus GALLICBEX, Bhfth. 



GaUicrex cinerea (Lath.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 6.) 



Gallinula cristata, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog, tab. Ixxiii. fig. 4 (1845- 



64). 

 GaUicrex cristata, Smnh. Ibis, 1861, p. 56 ; 1863, p. 425. 

 GaUicrex cinerea, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 791 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



&■ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 387 (1890) ; Barnes, Joiirn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 



Soc. -vi. p. 137, pi. — . fig. 904 (1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 



xxiii. p. 183 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 108 (1899). 



The eggs of the Kora, or Water-Cock, are of a blunt oval form 

 and glossy. They vary from cream-colour to yellowish or greenish 

 stone-colour. The underlying markings consist of spots and 



