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cup 3^", and the depth of the cup 1". It was placed about a foot above the surface of the water, 

 and rested against a dead alder branch, being carefully concealed by the surrounding reed-grass. 

 A second nest was rather carelessly built on dead aquatic herbage, only a few inches above the 

 water ; and another was built of dry sedge-grass. So far as he could ascertain, eight seems to be 

 the full complement of eggs deposited by this Crake. I possess a tolerably large series of its 

 eggs, which differ from those of Baillon's Crake in being larger and paler, the ground-colour 

 more ochreous, and the surface-spots more scattered. 



The specimens figured are the adult male and female above described. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, d ,b, <3,c, 2. Southern France, September. d,e,f, 2,9, 6. Southern France, May. h, (S,i,juv. Silesia. 

 k,juv. Lower Volga, April 1876. I, 2 . S. Russia, May {W. Schluter). 



E Mus. H. B. Tristram. 

 a, cf. Balbriggan, Ireland, July 1859 (H. A. Hamilton). 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 



a, <S . Malaga, August 1868 (Rios). b, 6 ad. Catarroja, Valencia, March 26th, 1872 {Martin), c, 6 , d, §, 

 e, <3 , f, 2 , g, 6 ad. Catarroja, Valencia, March 12th to 23rd, 1873 {Martin), h, i, j, ?. Catarroja, 

 March 8th and 16th, 1874 {Martin). 



