152 EAEE VISITANTS. 



One, Pentland Hills, Mid Lothian, about 1861 : The Field, 



4th March, 1871. In the collection of Mr. Cowan, of 



Logan House. 

 One near Canterbury : J. H. Gurney, Zoologist, 1866, p. 145. 



Identified by Mr. Gurney. 

 One, Pevensey Marshes, Sussex, 26th Nov. 1867 : Dutton, 



Zoologist, 1868, p. 1098. In the collection of Sir John 



Crewe. 

 One near Dundalk, co. Louth, 18th Nov.* 1868 : Lord Cler- 



mont, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1517. In the Belfast Museum. 

 One, Guernsey, 27th Oct. 1870 : Harting, The Field, 14th 



Jan. 1871. C. Smith, Zoologist/ 1871, p. 2642. In the 



collection of Mr. Cecil Smith. 

 One, Woodhill, near Liskeard, Cornwall, 4th Dec. 1870 : 



Harris, The Field, /. c. This proved to be stellaris. 

 One, Cahir, co. Galway, 31st Oct. 1870 : Blake Knox, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1870, p. 2408. In the possession of Mr. Fennell, of 



Garyroan. 



Fam. RALLID^E. 



CAEOLINA CEAKE. Crex Carolina (Linnaeus). 

 Hob. North America. 



One on the Kennet, near Newbury, Berks, Oct. 1864 : New- 

 ton, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 196; Eyre, Zoologist, 1865, p. 9540; 

 Clark Kennedy, Birds of Berks and Bucks, p. 196. 



Obs. Audubon gives two instances of this species 

 having been met with at sea ; and as a proof that the 

 short- winged Mallidce are not incapable of sustained 

 flight, it may be noted that during the voyage of the 

 steamship ' Nova Scotia ' from Liverpool to Quebec, 

 in October 1865 ; when in lat. 26 28' N., long. 



