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were first seen there on the 19th. By Aug. 27 

 they had all disappeared. Only one note was 

 received of its appearance in Ireland — viz., on 

 May 31, at Ballina, co. Mayo. Mr. Thomas 

 Ruddy, of Pale Gardens, Llandderfel, Merior 

 nethshire, referring to this species, says that 

 he saw the old birds in July catching bees, not 

 only in the air, but on the hive-board. 



The Landrail, or Corncrake, as it is indif- 

 ferently called,' arrived pretty generally during 

 the last week of April, and was noticed by a 

 great many observers on the 25 th, 26th, 27th, 

 and 28th of that month. On the last-mentioned 

 date it was observed in the county of Dublin, 

 and on May ist at Ballina, co. Mayo. Appa- 

 rently it did not reach Scotland until a week 

 later, for the first record of its appearance there 

 is on May 8, at Fife On May 14 and 15 its 

 presence in Stirlingshire and Sutherlandshire 



^ Out of twenty-four correspondents, thirteen call this bird 

 the Landrail and eleven the Corncrake, and this in various 

 parts of the country, so that neither name can be regarded 

 by any means as local. 



