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SPOTTED CRAKE.—Another summer migrant. Both this 
and the two preceding occur as migrants at Cromer, 
a circumstance made plain by their occasionally killing 
themselves against the telegraph wires! 
BAILLon’s CRAKE.—A summer migrant of very rare occur- 
rence. At the sale of Mr. Doubleday, at Epping, I 
bought two, stated to have been killed at Yarmouth. In 
1866, eggs, which agreed better with Baillon’s crake’s 
than with the next species, were obtained from Heigham 
by Mr. G. Smith. 
LITTLE CRAKE.—A summer migrant, nearly as rare as 
Baillon’s. A specimen, in my collection, which for- 
merly belonged to Mr. Doubleday, was killed at Yar- 
mouth. 
GREEN-BACKED PORPHYRIO.— Has occurred once near Fa- 
kenham, and twice at Barton. Itseems to be supposed 
by many people that these must have escaped, but I 
cannot see the slightest reason for any such suppo- 
sition.! 
WATERHEN.—Generally distributed. Waterhens about Cro- 
mer often nest in woods for the sake of the maize and 
barley which is laid for pheasants, of which they get a 
great deal, as also do wood pigeons, grey crows, titmice, 
chaffinches, etc. 
Coot.—Less abundant than formerly. 
WHISKERED TERN.—In June, 1847, a beautiful adult ex- 
ample was shot at Hickling, and is in my father’s 
collection. 
WHITE-WINGED TERN.—A white-winged tern—the first in 
England —was killed at Horsey in May, 1853 ; another, 
in Mr. Stevenson’s collection, was shot at Hickling, in 
' According to Prof. Giglioli, it has been taken several times in 
Italy, and I found it common in the north of Egypt. Many birds with 
far less claim have been included in the British list. 
