CREX. — QALLINULA. 305 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Slimmer Visitor, 

 arriving in April and May, and departing in October. 

 It is widely distributed throughout our Islands from the 

 Shetlands and the Outer Hebrides southwards, but scarce 

 during recent years in the south-east of England, A few 

 sometimes remain throughout the winter. 



General Distribution. — The Oorn-Crake inhabits Europe 

 and western Asia, breeding occasionally in the Faeroes and 

 from Scandinavia south of 67° N. latitude, eastwards in 

 Siberia to the Yenesei about 60° N., and even perhaps to 

 the Lena, southwards to the Pyrenees, northern Italy, and 

 central Asia ; in Palestine, Asia Minor, and Algeria it is 

 said to be partially resident, but it seems to breed but rarely in 

 the Mediterranean basin. In winter it visits Africa, ranging 

 south to Cape Colony, and has been obtained 100 miles soulh 

 of Madagascar. It is fairly common in the Azores and is 

 said to breed there. It is a straggler to Madeira, Greenland, 

 eastern North America from Nova Scotia to New Jersey, 

 and the Bermudas, and has occurred once in Australia. 



Genus GALLINULA Brisson, Orn. vi. 1760, p. 2. 

 Type : G.-chloropus (Linn.). 



GalUnUla = a Chicken ; diminutiTe of galUna = a Hen. Cf. Gallinago. 



Gallinula chloropus. Moor-Hen. 



Fulica oMoropus LinncBu.i, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 152 : 



England. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 151 ; 

 Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 169; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 517. 

 Chldrdpus = green-footed, from xXupos and ttous. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Resident, generally 

 distributed and ])robably, to some extent, a Bird of Passage 

 in autumn and spring. 



General Distribution. — The Moor-Hen breeds throughout 

 Europe south of about 63° N. latitude in Scandinavia, and 



