148 RALLID^. 



One is said to have occurred on the Kennet^ Berkshire, 

 October 1864. Common in North America.] 



Forzana bailloni. Baillon's Ceake. 



Rallus Bailloni, Vieillot, Nonv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. 

 xxviii. p. 548 (1819). 



Crex pygmaea, Naum. ix. p. 567. 



Crex haillonii, Harting, p. 58. 



Ortygometra baillonij Gray, p. 180. 



Crex baillonii, Macg. iv. p. 539 ; Hewitson, p. 377 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 106; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 131. 

 Porzana pygmaea, Gould, iv. pi. 89. 

 Porzana bailloni, Dresser, vii. p. 275. 

 Baillon^s Crake, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 20. 



Bailloni, in honour of Louis Antoine Fran9oiB Baillon, of Abbeville, who 

 died about 1855. He first found the species in Picardy, and gave Vieillot details 

 of its habits &c. 



A somewhat rare visitant to Great Britain, probably from 

 Holland ; has been obtained in England in almost every 

 month in the year ; has also occurred twice in Scotland, and 

 once in Ireland. Is with certainty known to have once bred 

 in Norfolk. It inhabits Central and Southern Europe, and 

 is found in Asia as far east as China and as far south as the 

 Andamans ; it is also met with in Africa as far south as the 

 Cape Colony and in Madagascar. 



Forzana parva. Little Ckake. 



Rallus parvus, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 108 (1769). 



Crex pusilla, Naum. ix. p. 547 ; Macg. iv. p. 541 ; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 101 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 116 ; Harting, p. 58. 

 Ortygometra minuta. Gray, p. 179. 

 Porzana minuta, Gould, iv. pi. 90. 

 Porzana parva. Dresser, vii. p. 283. 

 The Little Crake, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 15. 



Parva = small. 

 A somewhat rare visitant at different seasons of the vear 



