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Mitchell to a true conclusion as to the species and its novelty and 

 interest in this country." 



Dunlin. — Generally distributed on all our flat beaches throughout 

 the year, but more especially in the winter months : observed occa- 

 sionally in the summer, on Bodmin moor, near Trewortha marsh. 

 Distinguished from the curlew tringa by the brown and rufous feathers 

 extending all the way over the back and upper coverts of the tail, 

 which in the other species are white. 



Purple Sandpiper. — Not unfrequently seen on the rocks extending 

 into the sea, both in the spring and winter. Battery rocks, Wherry 

 rocks, and Long rock. Mount's Bay. The figure in Bewick's work on 

 'British Birds,' under the word "Knot" is referable to this species in 

 winter plumage. 



Land Rail. — Locally distributed over the east and west of Corn- 

 wall ; common in the spring and summer in the grass-land about 

 Penzance : nest and eggs frequently found. 



Spotted Crake. — Occasional winter visitant, and sometimes in 

 considerable numbers : specimens have been obtained from this 

 neighbourhood, but its occurrence is rare. 



Little Crake. — This is a rare British bird, and although no recorded 

 Cornish example exists, Mr. Drew, naturalist, late of Plymouth, had a 

 specimen which he said he received from the neighbourhood. The 

 next species has been captured in Cornwall, and it is probable that 

 the present species also exists. 



Banian's Crake. — A rare British species : one specimen obtained 

 from the basin of Penzance pier, and another from Zennor. 



Moorhen. — The remarks on the water rail apply also to this species. 



Water Rail. — Generally met with in suitable localities, viz., sedgy 

 morasses, overgrown wet ditches, &c. 



Coot. — Not unfrequently met with in some localities, but not so 

 numerous as the two last-named. 



Gray Phalarope. — Occasional visitant, and often in large numbers, 

 in the autumnal and winter months, but at uncertain intervals. 



Rednecked Phalarope. — Found principally in the Northern Islands. 

 Helfordj Scilly. 



Natatores. 

 Graylag Goose. — A specimen was shot in Marazion marsh in the 

 early part of March, 1862: this is the first Cornish example that has 

 come under my notice : it has a slight border of white at the base of 



