POKZANA. 



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Secondaries not so long as primaries. 

 Genus PORZANA. 



Porzana, the Italian name; also written S/omana (Salvadori) and Forzane. Of unknown 

 derivation. 



Small, short-billed, long-toed Water-Eails. Bill equals length of head, some- 

 what narrowed in middle. Wings rounded. Second quill longest, or two and 

 three equal. Tail short, nearly covered by tail-coverts. Toes long, slender, and 

 smooth. Sharp claws. Mid toe and claw from 1-2" to 1-8". Cosmopolitan. 



Breast uniform, not spotted white. 



94. Forzana parva. The Little Cbaee. 



$ 8"; If oz. $ 7f" to 8"; \\ to IJ oz. Legs yellow-green. Bill yellow- 

 green, red base. — Male: Throat and breast ashy, banded white on abdomen. 

 Outer edge of first primary brown. Above dark brown, splotched black. Mid 

 toe and claw 1-6". — Female: Below isabelline buff. Europe, S.W. and C. Asia. 

 Migratory to Africa and N. India in cold weather. 



Calcutta, 5.2.88. 



95. Porzana pusilla. The Eastern Baillon's Cbake. 



Bailloni, in honour of Louis Antoine Francois Baillon, of Abbeville, who died about 1855. 

 He first found the species in Pioardy, and gave Vieillot details of its habits, etc. 

 Jhilli, Nepal. 



$ 6|" to 7f " ; 1 to 2 oz. Legs yellow-green. Bill f ", dark green. Mid toe 

 and claw IJ". Above yellow-brown, with white irregular spots black-edged. 

 Beneath grey. Under-tail black, with white crossbar. Outer edge of first 

 primary white. Sexes alike. Eastern Asia, India, Ceylon, Burma, Afghanistan, 

 ■and Baluchistan. In W. Asia and Europe replaced by P. intermedia. Six to 



