96 The Birds of Cambridgeshire 



Crex pratensis, Bechstein. Land-Hail or Corn-Crake. A 



common summer visitor. 



I'orzatui ninietta (Leach). Spotted Crake. See above. 

 P. parva (Scopoli). Little Crake. An exceptional summer 



visitor, twice recorded from the county. (See Yarrell's 



British I Unix, ed. iv. in. p. 149.) 

 P. ballloni (Vieillot). Baillon's Crake. See above. 

 flalln* (t.fjHfttivus, Linn. Water-Hail. An occasional pair may 



still breed in Cambridgeshire. 



Gattinula chloropus (Linn.). Moorhen or Water-Hen. Common. 

 Fulica atra, Linn. Coot. Never common and breeds only 



in a few places in Cambridgeshire. 

 Grits commimis, Bechstein. Crane. See above. 

 Otis tarda, Linn. Great Bustard. See above. 

 0. tetrax, Linn. Little Bustard. A rare winter visitor. 

 Oedicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin). Stone- Curlew. Once 



abundant, but now an uncommon summer visitor, though 



its nest may occasionally be found in the county. 

 Glareola pratincola (Linn.). Pratincole. One example has 



been recorded from Cambridgeshire. (See Yarrell's British 



Birds, ed. iv. in. p. 233.) 

 Eudromias morinellus (Linn.). Dotterel. Occurs on the 



spring and autumn migrations, but is now rare. 

 Aegialitis hiaticola (Linn.). Kinged Plover. An uncommon 



straggler. 

 Charadrius pluvialis, Linn. Golden Plover. Not uncommon 



from autumn onwards, often in large flocks. 

 Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). Grey Plover. Occurs rarely 



near the coast. 

 Vanellus vulgaris, Bechstein. Lapwing or Peewit. Common 



in many places. 

 Strejmlas interpres (Linn.). Turnstone. Recorded from the 



Cam during the first week of May. (Zoologist, 1849, 



p. 2497.) 

 Haematopus ostralegus. Linn. Oyster catcher. A rare 



straggler. 



