152 RARE VISITANTS. 



One, Pentland Hills, Mid Lothian, atout 1861 : The Field, 

 4th March, 1871. In the collection of Mr. Cowan, of 

 Logan House. 



One near Canterbury : J. H. Gurney, Zoologist, 1866, p. 145. 

 Identified by Mr. Gurney. 



One, Pevensey Marshes, Sussex, 26th Nov. 1867 : Dutton, 

 Zoologist, 1868, p. 1098. In the collection of Sir John 

 Crewe. 



One near Dundalk, co. Louth, 18th Nov. 1868 : Lord Cler- 

 mont, Zoologist, 1869, p. 1517. In the Belfast Museum. 



One, Guernsey, 27th Oct. 1870 : Harting, The Field, 14th 

 Jan. 1871. C. Smith, Zoologist, 1871, p. 2642. In the 

 collection of Mr. Cecil Smith. 



One, Woodhill, near Liskeard, Cornwall, 4th Dec. 1870 : 

 Harris, The Field, I. c. This proved to be stellaris. 



One, Cahir, co. Galway, 31st Oct. 1870 : Blake Knox, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1870, p. 2408. In the possession of Mr. FenneU, of 

 Garyroan. 



Fam. RALLIDiE. 



CAEOLINA CEAKE. Crex Carolina (Linnaeus). 



Hab. North America. 



One on the Kennet, near Newbury, Berks, Oct. 1864 : New- 

 ton, P.Z. S. 1865, p. 196; Eyre, Zoologist, 1865, p. 9540; 

 Clark Kennedy, Birds of Berks and Bucks, p. 196. 



Obs. Audubon gives two instances of this species 

 having been met with at sea ; and as a proof that the 

 short-winged Ballidce are not incapable of sustained 

 flight, it may be noted that during the voyage of the 

 steamship ' Nova Scotia ' from Liverpool to Quebec, 

 in October 1865, when in lat. 26° 28' N., long. 



