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ON THE MORE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO OUR 

 KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH BIRDS SINCE 1899. 



BY 



H. F. WITHERBY and N. F. TICEHURST. 



Part XIV. 



{Continued from page 129.) 



BAILLON'S CRAKE Porzana hailloni (VieilL). 



Essex. — One was caught by a dog near Dagenham on 

 October 3rd, 1874, and is now in the museum of the Essex 

 Field Club [Field, 2, iii., 04). • 



Surrey. — One was caught alive in Church Street, Godal- 

 ming, in 1837, and is in the Charterhouse collection. An adult 

 female was also caught ahve between Mitcham and Carshalton 

 about the end of May, 1847 (J. A. Bucknill, B. of Surrey, 

 p. 274). 



Sussex. — One was killed against the telegraph wires on 

 Pett Level in June, 1907 (N.F.T., cf. antea, Vol. 1, p. 359). 



Kent. — A female was shot by Captain R. Alexander near 

 Lvdd, on November 24th, 1906 (R.E.C., Field, 22, xi., 

 1906 ; cf. antea, Vol. 1, p. 359). 



Hampshire. — Four occurrences are noted (Kelsall and 

 Munn, B. of Hants, p. 271). 



North Wales. — A male was caught by a dog in a ditch 

 near Colwyn Bay on November 6th, 1905 (H. E. Forrest, 

 Zool, 1905, p. 465). 



Cheshire. — An adult male was captured ahve near Stock- 

 port in May, 1905 (T. A. Coward, tx., 1906, p. 395). 



Scotland. — A female was shot at Thurso in September, 

 1898 (W. Arkwright, Ann. S.N.H., 1899, p. 50). 



[ALLEN'S GALLINULE Porphyriola alleni (Thompson). 



An immature example of this African species alighted on a 

 fishing-boat off Hopton, near Yarmouth, on January 1st, 

 1902, and was captured (J. H. Gurney, Zool, 1902, p. 98). 

 The species has occurred in the winter in Italy and Sicily, 

 and it is possible that this bird was a genuine storm- 

 driven migrant. The specimen is now in the possession of Mr. 



