572 APPENDIX 



Order GRALLJE. 



Sub-Order FULICABLSJ. 



Family KALLHXE. 

 INDIAN PORPHYRIO. Porphyrio poliocephalus (Temminck). 



A specimen of this Porphyrio was shot in a meadow 

 immediately adjoining a farm situated on Lyde Kiver, a 

 tributary of the Loddon, in Hampshire, on October 12th, 

 1899, by Mr. Henry Smallbone. It was exhibited by Dr. 

 Sclater at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, 

 held October 22nd, 1902. It is believed to be the first 

 record of the occurrence of this species in the British Isles, 

 though P. cceruleus and P. smaragdonotus have already 

 occurred (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xiii, pp. 17, 18). 



ALLEN'S GALLINULE. Porphyriola alleni (Thompson). 



An immature example of this Gallinule, a native of 

 Africa, was captured alive on a fishing-boat, off Hopton, a 

 village near Yarmouth, on the morning of January 1st, 

 1902, and was taken to Mr. Walter Lowne. Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney is of the opinion that it was a wanderer from the 

 South, and not an escaped fugitive from British aquatic 

 preserves (J. H. Gurney, 'Zoologist,' 1902, pp. 98, 99, 150). 



Order LIMICOL^E. 



Family GLAKEOLID^E. 



BLACK-WINGED PRATINCOLE. Glareola melanoptera 

 (Linnaeus). 



A male example of this Pratincole was shot near Jury 

 Gap, Komney Marsh, on June 1st, 1903, by Mr. F. Mills. 

 It was exhibited by Dr. Ticehurst at a meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Club, held June 30th, 1903, and is 

 now in the possession of Mr. Fleetwood Ashburnham, of 

 Broomham Park, Sussex (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xiii, pp. 77, 78 ; 

 N. F. Ticehurst, ' Zoologist,' 1903, p. 421). 



