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SPOTTED CRAKE. 



SPOTTED SAIL. SPOTTED WATEK-HEF. SPOTTED GALLI3TULE. 

 WATER-CSAKE. WATEE-EAIL. 



Crex porzana, SELBY. JENYNS. 



Gallinvla porzana, BEWICK. FLEMING. 



Rallus porzana, MONTAGU. 



Ortygometra porzana, STEPHENS. 



Crex ? Porzana . 



THIS bird extends, in its range, from Russia and the north 

 of Sweden, through the midland districts of Germany and 

 Holland, to the southern parts of Europe Italy, France, 

 Greece, and Turkey; likewise from thence to Africa; and 

 also extends to Asia, being to be found in Siberia, Asia 

 Minor, Persia, and India. 



It is a very local species. In Yorkshire a few have been 

 met with near Burlington, Hebden Bridge, and Halifax; 

 about Doncaster it is more common, and at York, where, 

 in the Foss Islands, it has been known occasionally to 

 breed; near Leeds one, at Calverley. The Rev. R. P. Alington 

 tells me that it is common in a small piece of fen called 

 'The small drains,' in the parish of North Coats, Lincolnshire; 

 but he has never seen it after October. A. Fuller, Esq. also 

 informs me of five shot at Tetney, near Great Grimsby, 1851. 

 In Norfolk it is not uncommon at Belton, and other places, 

 and breeds about several of the Broads. One was found 

 dead at Thetford, in October, 1847, which had been killed 

 by flying against the. wires of the telegraph. In Surrey, the 

 bird is stated to have been met with near Godalming. In 

 Oxfordshire, one near Henley-on-Thames. In Durham and 

 Cumberland it is not unfrequently seen, and its appearance 



