SPOTTED CRAKE. 
SPOTTED RAIL. SPOTTED WATER-HEN. SPOTTED GALLINULE. 
WATER-CRAKE. WATER-RAIL. 
Crer porzana, SELBY. JENYNS. 
Gallivnula porzana, Bewick. FLEMING. 
Ralius porzana, MontTaev. 
Ortygometra porzana, STEPHENS. 
Crex—.recore eeaane Porzund—.......0000 ? 
Tuts bird extends, in its range, from Russia and the north 
of Sweden, through the midland districts of Germany and 
Holland, to the southern parts of Europe—ltaly, France, 
Greece, and Turkey; likewise from thence to Africa; and 
also extends to Asia, being to be found in Siberia, Asia 
Minor, Persia, and India. 
It is a very local species. In Yorkshire a few have been 
met with near Burlington, Hebden Bridge, and Halifax; 
about Doncaster it is more common, and at York, where, 
in the Foss Islands, it has been known occasionally to 
breed; near Leeds one, at Calverley. The Rev. R. P. Alington 
tells me that it is common in a small piece of fen called 
‘The small drains,’ in the parish of North Coats, Lincolnshire; 
but he has never seen it after October. A. Fuller, Esq. also 
informs me of five shot at Tetney, near Great Grimsby, 1851. 
In Norfolk it is not uneommon at Belton, and other places, 
and breeds about several of the Broads. One was found 
dead at Thetford, in October, 1847, which had been killed 
by flying against the wires of the telegraph. In Surrey, the 
bird is stated to have been met with near Godalming. In 
Oxfordshire, one near Henley-on-Thames. In Durham and 
Cumberland it is not unfrequently seen, and its appearance 
