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This is all the information I have been able to 

 glean, but Professor Ansted includes it in his list, 

 and marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There are 

 also two pretty good specimens in the Museum, 

 which I have no doubt were killed in Guernsey. 



97. LANDRAIL. Crexpratensis, Bechstein. French, 

 "Rale des pres," "Rale de terre" ou " de Genet," 

 " Poule d'eau de genet." The Landrail is a common 

 summer visitant, breeding certainly in 'Guernsey, 

 Sark, and Alderney,* and probably in Herm, 

 though I cannot be quite so sure about the latter 

 Island. It seems to be rather more numerous in 

 some years than others, as occasionally I have 

 heard them craking in almost every field. But the 

 last summer I was in the Islands (1878) I heard 

 very few. The Corn Crake arrives and departs 

 much about the same time as in England, and I 

 have never been able to find that any stay on into 

 the winter, or even as late as November. 



It is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only 

 marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There 

 are two specimens in the Museum. 



98. MOORHEN. Gallinula cldoropus, Linna3us. 

 French, " Poule d'eau ordinaire." I have not seen 



* For one instance see notice of the Quail ; and the bird- 

 stuffer had several other eggs besides those in the same nest 

 as the Quails, 



