CATALOGUE OK BIRDS. 1 67 



in the eveninof-s," and that it " much resembles the 

 note of the Land-Rail." He also says that the bird 

 is " abundant in Holland, France, Switzerland, 

 Spain, Portugal, and Italy, and occasionally in the 

 summer in Norway, Sweden, and the Faroe Islands." 



Baillon's Crake. 



Though I have no personal knowledge of this 

 bird, the specimen having been obtained from 

 Mr. Hine, Naturalist, Southport, I should say that 

 it is a very rare species, and worth having in any 

 collection. 



The best authority I can quote is Howard 

 Saunders, who says that it is "named after the 

 distinguished naturalist of Abbeville, is rather more 

 irregular in its visits to England than the Little 

 Crake. . . . There is no evidence that the bird is a 

 resident. . . . Besides Norfolk, in which about ten 

 specimens have been obtained, it has occurred in 

 Suffolk, Derbyshire, Somersetshire, Cornwall, three 

 times in Yorkshire, and once in the Isle of Man. . . . 

 In Ireland only two authenticated instances are 

 known, both of them from the south. It frequents 

 small marshes and pools ; evening and daybreak are 

 almost the only times when it is to be seen, and, 

 if disturbed, runs like a water rat rather than take 

 wing." 



The specimen, I am told, was shot near Derby. 



