412 THE GALLINULE AND THE COOT. 



time, the fields being, so to say, alive with them. It is also 

 very common in the southern and more central portions of 

 the peninsula. According to Nilsson, it is found as high up 

 as within the polar circle. It is also common in Denmark 

 during the breeding season. Migrates. 



The Spotted Crake (Smd-flacMg Sump-Hona, or Small- 

 spotted Fen-Hen, Sw. ; C. Porzana, Selby) was common, and 

 bred with us. It is also pretty common in all the southern 

 and more central parts of Scandinavia, and is believed to be 

 found, Nilsson tells us, as high up as the province of Wester- 

 botten, that is, between the 64 and 66 N. latitude. In 

 Denmark it is also pretty common. Migrates. 



The Common Gallinule, or Moor-Hen (Gron-fotad Sump- 

 Hona t or Greenfooted Fen-Hen, Sw. ; Gallinula Chlo- 

 ropus, Lath.) was scarce with us. This bird is met with 

 sparingly over a considerable portion of the peninsula. It 

 goes pretty high up ; but its limits to the northward are not 

 known. It is common in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Little Crake (G. pusilla, Bechst.), though not per- 

 taining to the Scandinavian fauna, belongs, Kjserbolling tells 

 us, to that of Denmark. 



The Common Coot (Sot-Hona, or Soot-Hen, Sw. ; Fulica 

 atra, Linn.) is common in the reed-beds near to Gothen- 

 burg ; but it never came under my observation in the 

 immediate vicinity of Ronnum. It is met with in places 

 throughout the southern and more central parts of both 

 Sweden and Norway, as high up at least, it would seem, 

 as the 64 N. latitude. In Denmark it is common. 

 Migrates. 



