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marsh is not always without a Spotted-Kail ; when they 

 appear it is in the autumn, generally in the month of 

 October." 



BAILLON'S CEAKE. 



Porzana hailloni (Vieillot). Nouv. Diet. cVHist. 

 Nat., xxviii., p. 548 (1819). 



Baillon's Crake is a rare visitor to Kent, and few 

 instances of its occurrence are recorded. The earliest 

 notice is that which is given by Mr. C. A. Delmar in the 

 Zoologist, 1850, who writes : " On September 19, 1850, 

 I obtained a beautiful specimen of Baillon's Crake in 

 the marshes near Deal, in Kent." Mr. J. W. Hulke, of 

 Deal, January 15, 1851, states: "In the latter part of 

 October last (1850), my friend, Mr. C. A. Delmar, obtained 

 a second specimen of Baillon's Crake, not far from the 

 spot where he procured one in the September previous. 

 It is now in my possession." 



According to Mr. C. Gordon, a Baillon's Crake was 

 taken in the Hythe Canal by Mr. F. Young, in October, 

 1870. In the Kentish Express and Ashford Neivs, 

 December 22, 1906, it is stated that " a specimen 

 of Baillon's Crake was shot near Lydd on Friday, 

 December 21, by Captain R. Alexander." 



Genus CREX, Bechstein. 



COKN-CEAKE. 



Crex crex (LiniicTus). S.N., i., p. 251 (1766). 

 Land-Eail. 



The Corn-Crake on its arrival soon becomes scattered 

 over the county, and is to be found in all the fields and 



