128 RALLID.E. 



pulars brown ; wing-coverts and tertials dark in the middle 

 of the feathers, and brown edges ; quills dusky brown ; chin 

 white ; the front of the neck, breast, and belly, buff-coloured ; 

 flanks and under tail-coverts, barred with grey, brown, and 

 white. 



The egg figured 210 is that of the Olivaceous Crake, from 

 a specimen in our collection, taken in June, 1841, at Little- 

 ton, in Middlesex. 



