172 RALUIDAG 
Note.—‘‘ A specimen of the Carolina Crake, P. carolina, 
shot near Newbury, Berks, was exhibited at the meeting 
of the Zoological Society, February 14th 1865, by Professor 
Newton, who remarked upon the powers of endurance in 
their flight of various members of the family Rallide, 
and upon the capture of this species on one occasion in 
Greenland. In the ‘ Field’ of December 4th 1897, Mr. 
C. Clive Bayley records that two came on board the yacht 
“Vampa”’ in about latitude 20° N. and longitude 55° W. ; 
one of them taking food freely and reaching ‘England alive. 
The adult may be distinguished from the European bird by 
its black face’’ (Saunders). 
LITTLE CRAKE. Porzana parva (Scopoli). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, pl. 
90; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vii, pl. 498; Lilford, 
‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. iv, pls. 57 and 58. 
The Little Crake is a rare visitor in spring and autumn. 
The earliest British specimen on record is a bird obtained 
in Sussex in March, 1791 (Markwick, ‘Catalogue of Sussex 
Birds,’ p. 9). Several have been obtained since in the 
same county. ‘The species has been most often recorded 
from Norfolk. 
In November, 1898, a Little Crake was procured in 
Shropshire, seven miles north of Shrewsbury. This occur- 
rence is of special interest, for it appears to be the first 
authenticated record ‘‘for any of the western counties 
north of Somerset” (H. E. Forrest, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1900, 
p- 280). Specimens have also been recorded from the 
following counties, chiefly maritime :—Cumberland, Lan- 
cashire, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, 
Oxfordshire, Middlesex, Kent, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, 
Devon, and Cornwall 
In Scotland one was procured in March, 1852, and is 
now in the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney (Saunders). 
Only two examples have been taken in Ireland. One, 
a male from Balbriggan, co. Dublin, shot March 11th, 
1854. This bird is preserved in the collection of the late 
Canon Tristram, acquired by the Liverpool Museum. The 
