Field Note. 189 
BIRDS. 
A Spotted Crake (Porzana maruetta) & was picked up 
dead at Corwen on Sunday, April 14th. It had evidently met its 
fate by colliding against the telegraph wires, under which it was 
found. Its lower mandible was completely broken. The body 
of the bird was in a very wasted condition and the stomach 
contained only a few grains of sand. As this species is most 
secretive and loth to fly unless positively obliged, there is very 
little doubt the bird was migrating.—A. NewstTeap, Grosvenor 
Museum, Chester. 
Rare Birds in Craven.—On 2oth March, 1907, I saw a fine 
Pink Footed Goose feeding on the bank of the River Aire near 
Skipton ; it is not often we hear of this bird being so far inland. 
Last October a Great Crested Grebe, an adult bird in winter 
plumage, was shot at Malham. 
In February this year a fine specimen of an adult Oyster 
Catcher was shot near Skipton, probably one which had lagged 
behind from a batch of these birds which were seen here a few 
days earlier.—W. WItson, Skipton-in-Craven, April 22nd, 1907. 
An Albino Carrion Crow was reported in the last October 
issue of this journal by Mr. H. B. Booth, as seen on Burnsall 
Fell, Skipton-in-Craven. 
One of the Duke of Devonshire’s keepers has informed me 
that he saw the bird many times during July and August, and 
distinguished it as a Carrion Crow by its croak, which he heard 
on several occasions. The bird was also seen and identified by 
Mr. Alf. Downs, the Duke’s agent, on August 3rd, 1906. It 
appears to have frequented that part of the moor around Crook- 
rise, near Skipton, and was always accompanied by three other 
Carrion Crows, probably its nest-mates. The crow was last 
noticed in this district on September 3rd, 1906, near Embsay 
Crag, Barden Moor. I have since had reported to me that a 
White Carrion Crow was seen above Penyghent Gill, during the 
month of November last, in company with three other crows. 
If these are the same birds, it is interesting to note that this 
supports the suggestion that broods in this species keep to- 
gether until they attain maturity. Many other persons saw the 
bird during July and August, 1906, and identified it as a 
Carrion Crow. The latest report I have is that it was seen 
on April 3rd, 1907, near Barden.—W. WILson, Skipton-in- 
Craven, April 20th, 1907. 
1907 May 1. 
