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SPOTTED CRAKE Porzana maruetta. S. page 509. 



Scotland. — Argyll. — One was taken in August, 1900, at 

 Dhuheartach {Ann. S.N.H., 1901, p. 140). Perthshire.— One 

 was shot at Murthly on November 2nd, 1903 (a late date 

 for so far north) (T. G. Laidlaw, t.c, 1904, p. 55). Dumfries- 

 shire. — One was killed on September 3rd, 1903, at Noblehill 

 (R. Service, t.c, 1904, p. 69). Shetland. — One was shot in 

 Spiggie Marsh on September 25th, 1901 {t.c., 1902, p. 135). 

 This may be the same as the bird referred to in the 

 " Zoologist," 1901, p. 391. Orkney. — One was shot at 

 Stornoway on November 24th, 1906 {Field, 1906, p. 908). 



Ireland. — One was heard calling several nights early in 

 May, 1900, in a swamp at Cappagh, co. Waterford (R. J- 

 Ussher, Irish Nat., 1900, p. 160) ; it has twice been recorded 

 as breeding in Ireland. One was shot on October 8th, 1904, 

 near Templepatrick, co. Antrim (W. H. Workman, t.c., 1904, 

 p. 261). 



CAROLINA CRAKE Porzana Carolina (L.). S. page 510. 



A young male, which had completed the autumn moult, 

 was shot by Mr. E. Lort Phillips on October 25th, 1901, when 

 snipe shooting with Mr. F. G. Gunnis in Rounach bog at the 

 west end of Tiree, Inner Hebrides. The bird was very fat 

 {Bull. B.O.C., XII., p. 26 ; Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 9). The 

 species has been twice previously recorded in this country 

 (Berkshire, 1864, Cardiff, 1888), and since it has been recorded 

 several times in Greenland and breeds far north in North 

 America, we think it should be admitted fully to the British 

 list. 



LITTLE CRAKE Porzana parva (Scop.). S. page 511. 



Sussex. — One was caught near Rye in June, 1904 (N. F. T.).. 



SHROPSHniE. — One was shot in November, 1898, at Petton 

 Park, near Shrewsbury (H. E. Forrest, Zool, 1900, p. 280). 



Ireland. — One was shot near Rathangan, co. Kildare, 

 on November 12th, 1903 (Wilhams and Son, Zool., 1903, p> 

 460). The bird has only once before occurred in Ireland. 



(To he continued.) 



