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chalk-pits, (vide Yarrell). I have also seen a spe- 

 cimen in the possession of the proprietor of the 

 Dolphin Inn at Shoreham, which was shot by 

 himself in that neighbourhood. I am not aware 

 that a third example of this scarce bird has oc- 

 curred in Sussex. 



WATER RAIL, Rallus aquaticus. Has frequently 

 been captured on the beach, and in different parts 

 of Brighton, during the period of the vernal migra- 

 tion, under circumstances to which I have already 

 alluded, (vide Spotted Crake). About the middle 

 of April, 1842, a couple were taken in East- street, 

 and several on the same morning within the areas 

 of houses on the King's-road and on Brunswick- 

 terrace. 



MOORHEN, Gallinula chloropus. Common on 

 the banks of rivers, brooks and ditches. 



COMMON COOT, Fulica atra. Not so generally 

 distributed as the last species, but numerous on 

 many large ponds whose banks are furnished with 

 reeds and sedges. 



Family LOBIPEDID^E. 



GRAY PHALAROPE, Phalaropus lobatus. Has 

 been occasionally obtained in the spring in the 

 red plumage peculiar to the breeding-season but 

 more frequently during the autumn when return- 



