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case of the Little Crake, that this species may remain 
with us in some districts during the summer months to 
breed. Most specimens have come from Norfolk. It has 
also been recorded from the following counties, seven of 
which are maritime and have furnished us with examples 
of the Little Crake :—Cumberland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, 
Suffolk, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire,’ Hertfordshire, 
Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall. 
In Wales this species appears to have been obtained 
but once, namely at Llangwstenin, near Colwyn Bay, on 
November 6th, 1905 (H. E. Forrest, ‘ Zoologist,’ 1905, 
. 465). 
From Scotland there are four records:—One _ probably 
obtained in Sutherland in 1841 (in the Sinclair collection 
at Thurso) ; one from Dumfriesshire, recorded by Jardine, 
1842; one from Stranraer, 1891; and one from Renfrew- 
shire, in May, 1893; the last bird having struck a telegraph 
wire (Saunders). 
In Ireland only two” examples have been obtained, one in 
spring, the other in autumn, and both many years ago. The 
first was procured on a bog near Youghal, on October 30th, 
1845. It was subsequently examined by the late Mr. A. G. 
More (‘ Zoologist,’ 1882, p. 113). The second bird was 
captured alive on 'Tramore Bay, co. Waterford, on April 6th, 
1858. It was presented in 1892, by Dr. Burkitt, to the 
Dublin Museum. 
Baillon’s Crake is also a bird of the wet marshes, though, 
according to Mr. Saunders, it “ appears to be less partial to 
meres and open waters than the Little Crake 
if disturbed it runs hke a water-rat in preference to taking 
wing. 
Flight.—Like other Crakes, it is rapid in its flight when 
once fairly started, but one very seldom has the opportunity 
of watching its aérial movements. 
evidence to show that the bird remains throughout the year, though 
a specimen is said to have been captured on some ice near Cambridge 
in January, 1823. 
' A specimen was picked up under telegraph wires near Nottingham, 
on June 22nd, 1893 (‘ Zoologist,’ 1898). 
>It is highly probable that this diminutive Crake has also been 
repeatedly overlooked ; sportsmen when beating the marsh with a well- 
trained dog may secure one. Even if killed by a dog and almost torn 
to pieces, the remains should not be thrown away, but sent at once to 
a competent authority for proper identification. 
