OF NOETHTCrMBEELAIO) AlSO) DTJEHAM. 125 



were measured before they were skinned. Their measiu'ements 

 were as follows : — 



LARGE SPECIMEN'. SMALL SPECniEN. 



Leugtli 12 inches 10| hiclies. 



Extent of Wings 16| „ lU ,, 



Bill ri „ 4 „ 



Tarsus to end of Middle Toe... 4^ „ ^ ,, 



119. CREX, Bechstein. 



39. CoKx Crake. C. pratexsis, Bechstein. 



GaUhmla crex, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 141. 

 Crex pratensis, YarrcU, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 92. 



A spring-and-autiimn migrant, common thi-oiighont the dis- 

 trict. It arrives in April, and departs in September and October. 

 Last year (1872) very few Corn Crakes appeared in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Xewcastle. 



120. PORZANA, Vieilht. 



40. Spotted Crake. P iiAETJETTA, {Brisson.) 



GaUimila porzana, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, II., 



143. 



Crex „ Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 97. 



A resident, and to some extent migratoiy. It occasionally 

 breeds in the district. A nest of eggs was taken at Prestwick 

 C!ar, many years ago, by the gamekeeper of the late Sir Matthew 

 Wlrite Ridley, Bart. A few years ago another nest of yonng, 

 jnst hatched, was taken at the same place by Mr. Turner, of 

 Prestwick. And, according to Mr. "W. Proctor, it bred some 

 years ago at Framwellgate Car, Durham. 



121. GALLINULA, Brisson. 



41. Water Hex. Gt. cnioROPrs, (Linnceus.) 



Gall inula cldoropus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Biixls, Ed. 1847, II., 



148. 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 2, III., 114. 



A resident species. Common every where in ponds and streams 

 that abound with aquatic plants. 



