Notes on Some Hybrids bred in France. 
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549. — NORTHERN WEKA RAIL. Ocydromus earli. W.T.P. 
Zoo. 1912; the first time in the Gardens. 
Hybrids. 
X Northern Weka (Black Weka). 
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550. — BLACK WEKA RAIL. O. bnicliyptcrus. 
Hybrids. 
BLACK WEKA x NORTHERN WEKA. Zoo, 1904. 
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551. — CORNCRAKE. Crex crex. W.T.P. 
Rattig^an 1915. See B.N. 1916, 28. Tlie article commences, " Though 
this s|)ecies has been apparently successfully reared before in a cage..." 
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552. — BLACK-TAILED WATER HEN. Microtrobonyx ventralis. W.T.P, 
Zoo, 1909, etc. 
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553. — MOORHEN. Gallimila chloropiis. W.T.P. 
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554. — GREEN-BACKED PURPLE GALLINULE. Porphyria porphyria. 
W.T.P. 
Zoo, 1913. Eirst time in the Gardens. 
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[555.— JAVAN PURPLE GALLINULE. P. calvus. 
Three bred in the Zoo, 1913, died when nearly adult.] 
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556.— BLACK-BACKED PURPLE GALLINULE. P. melanonotus. W.T.P. 
Zoo, 1910, etc. 
Ta be cantinued. 
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Notes on some Hybrids bred in France. 
By J. Delacour. 
Perhaps a few words on some of the hybrids that I had in 
my possession at V'illers-Bretonneux before the war, will not be 
uninteresting to the readers of Bird Notes, who already have 
