4iO Mr. A. G. More on the Distribution of Birds 



Ortygometra bailloni [Steph.). Baillon's Crake. 

 Province IV. 

 Subprovince 12. 

 Lat. 52°-53°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



In the 'Zoologist ' for 1859 (p. 6329) will be found Mr. Sealy's 

 account of two nests taken in Cambridgeshire, the only instances 

 in which the bird has been found to breed in this country. 



Rallus AQUATicus (Lmn.). Water-Kail. 

 Provinces I-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 2-35, 37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. '^ British" type, or general. 



Throughout the mainland ; and Messrs. Baikie and Heddle 

 describe it as " found in Orkney all the year." 



Gallinula chloropus {Lath.), Water-hen. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35, 36, 37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. « British " type, or general. 



To the extreme north of Scotland, extending also to the Outer 

 Hebrides and Orkney, but does not breed in Shetland. 



FuLiCA ATRA {Linn.). Common Coot. 

 Provinces I.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1-37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. " British " type, or general. 



Like the former, extends to the Hebrides and Orkney, but 

 does not reach Shetland. 



Anser ferus {Steph.). Grey-lag Goose. 

 Provinces [IV.] [VIIL] [X.] [XII.] XVII. XVIII. 

 Subprovinces (11), (12), (19), (22?), (23), (25), 34-36. 

 Lat. 57°-59°. " Scottish " type. Formerly in Ireland. 



The Grey-lag Goose has long ceased to breed in the fens of 

 Norfolk, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Yorkshire, where the bird is 

 ■said to have been formerly abundant ; and Mr. Gough tells me 

 that it is also extinct in Westmoreland. It still breeds in the 

 counties of Ross {Mr. TV. Dunbar), Sutherland, and Caithness, 

 and in the Outer Hebrides. 



