66 Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 
OrtTYGOMETRA BAILLONI (Séeph.). Baillon’s Crake. 
Province IV. 
Subprovince 12. 
Lat. 52°-538°. “Germanic” type. Not in Ireland. 
In the ‘Zoologist’ for 1859 (p. 6329) will be found Mr. Sealy’s 
account of two nests taken in Cambridgeshire, the only instances 
in which the bird has been found to breed in this country. 
Rauius aquaticus (Linn.). Water-Rail. 
Provinces I-XVIII. 
Subprovinces 2-35, 37. 
Lat. 50°-60°. “ British ” type, or general. 
Throughout the mainland; and Messrs. Baikie and Heddle 
describe it as “ found in Orkney all the year.” 
GALLINULA cHLOoRoPUs (Lath.). Water-hen. 
Provinces .—X VIII. 
Subprovinces 1-35, 36, 37. 
Lat. 50°-60°.  “ British” type, or general. 
To the extreme north of Scotland, extending also to the Outer 
Hebrides and Orkney, but does not breed in Shetland. 
Furica atra (Linn.). Common Coot. 
Provinces I.-X VIII. 
Subprovinces 1-37. 
Lat. 50°-60°. “British” type, or general. 
Like the former, extends to the Hebrides and Orkney, but 
does not reach Shetland. 
ANSER FERUS (Steph.). Grey-lag Goose. 
Provinces [IV.] [VIII.] [X.] [XII.] XVII. XVIII. 
Subprovinces (11), (12), (19), (22 ?), (23), (25), 34-36. 
Lat. 57°-59°. “Scottish” type. Formerly in Ireland. 
The Grey-lag Goose has long ceased to breed in the fens of 
Norfolk, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Yorkshire, where the bird is 
said to have been formerly abundant; and Mr. Gough tells me 
that it is also extinct in Westmoreland. [t still breeds in the 
counties of Ross (Mr. W. Dunbar), Sutherland, and Caithness, 
and in the Outer Hebrides. 
