126 EALLINA. 



eight eggs (1-16 X 0-87), pale olive, thickly freckled. (J. 910. B. 1393. H. &M. 

 ii. 203.) 



Also P. Carolina. 8". With white breast. From N. and C. America. 



P. flwminea. 7". With slate-grey breast. From Australia. 



P. albicollis. 9i". With ashy breast. From S. America. 



P. intermedia. 7". With grey breast. From C. Europe, Persia, and Africa. 



P. affinis. 7". From New Zealand. 



P. palustris. 6". With grey breast. From Austi'alia. 



P. spiloptera. 5i". With leaden breast. From Buenos Aires. 



P. flaviventris. 5". With bufif breast. From S. America, Cuba, Jamaica. 



P. iabuensis, 6\", with slate breast, from Oceania ; and one subspecies — P. tahitiensis. 



P. gcelapagoensis. 5i". With grey breast. From the Galapagos. (B.M. Cat., xxiii. 97-113.) 



Breast spotted with white. 



96. Forzana manietta. The Sfottbd Cbaee. 



Manietta, Latinised from the French la Marouette. The word is probably not Italian, as it 

 is not mentioned by Salvadori. 



Khairi, Bengal; Venna-mudi-kodi (Telugu). 



(? 8i" to 9"; 3 to 4 oz. Legs bright green. Mid toe and claw 1-7". Bill 

 orange and yellow. — Male : Above olive-brown, blotched. All feathers spotted 

 and streaked white. Nape black and white. Chin and throat dark grey. Breast 

 grey, spotted white. Flanks barred white. Abdomen white. Female marked 

 like the male, but chin is white, and breast light brown with white spots. Found 

 in summer in Europe and W. and C. Asia, and migrating in winter to N. Africa 

 and India. (J. 909. B. 1394. H. & M. ii. 213.) 



Also the genus Pennula. Two species from Sandwich Islands, with tail-feathers entirely 

 hidden. Mid toe and claw from 1-35" to 1-5". P. ecaudata, SJ"; and P. sandmchiensis, 5j". 



Also the genus Aphanolimnas. One species — A. nwnasa, with tail hidden, from Kushai. 



Also the genus Corethrura. Eight species and one subspecies. From 4J" to 6J". With 

 nostrils pervious. From Africa and Madagascar. Mid toe and claw from 0-85" to 1-3". 



Also the genus Eallicula. Three species. From 8" to 8f". With nostrils closed. Mid toe- 

 and claw IJ". From New Guinea. 



Also the genus Thyrorhina. One species. 5". With nostrils closed. Mid toe and claw 

 0-8". From S. America. 



Also the genus Ortygojas. Four species, with white secondary quills. Mid toe and claw from 

 0-9" to 1-25". 0. novaioracensis, SJ", from N. America; 0. exquisita, 5\", from E. Siberia and 

 Japan toN.E. China; 0. notata, 5j", from S. America; and 0. ayresi, 5J", from S.E. Africa. 



Also the genus Poliolimnas. One species, with variegated plumage, and wing fully developed. 

 P. cinereus, 7i", from the Malayan Islands, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Mid toe and 

 claw 21". 



Also the genus Porzanula. One species — P. palmeri, 5", with variegated plumage, and wing 

 feeble, from N. Pacific Island, Laysan. Mid toe and claw 1-2". 



Also the genus Credscus. With variegated plumage, and wing fully developed. Mid toe 

 and claw from 1" to 1-55". Thirteen species and four subspecies. 4J" to 6f". From the greater 

 part of the New World. 



Also the genus lAmnocorax. One species. Mid toe and claw 1-8". L. niger, with black 

 plumage, from Africa. (B.M. Cat., xxiii. 114-150.) 



Genus RALLINA. 



Culmen less than inner toe and claw. Wing rounded. Third quill longest. 

 Mid toe and claw from If" to 2". Secondaries shorter than or as long as- 

 primaries. 



