Mr. Sabanaeff informs me the present species is rare in Central Russia, but it breeds in the 

 Zaraisk district, government of Riazan, and occurs near Moscow, on passage, in spring. Accord- 

 ing to Meyer (Vog. Liv- u. Esthl. p. 217) it breeds, though rarely, in the south of Livonia, and it 

 also occurs in Courland. In Poland, Mr. Taczanowski says, it is much rarer than the Spotted 

 Crake, and he is unaware, he adds, whither it migrates. Naumann says (Vog. Deutschl. ix. 

 p. 555) that the Little Crake " is commoner in the south and east than in the north of Germany. 

 In Austria, Silesia, Saxony, on the Rhine and Main, it is not rare, as also in Anhalt." It 

 appears, however, according to Von Homeyer and Dr. Holland, to breed in Pomerania, and its 

 nest has been (J. f. O. 1863, p. 288) taken in Mecklenburg. It has been observed in West- 

 phalia, Oldenburg, near Hamburg, and in Holstein, near Brunsbiittel. In Southern Germany it 

 is said to be not uncommon during the breeding-season, as, for instance, in Wurtemberg, 

 Bavaria, and Silesia. Tobias states that it breeds in Ober-Lausitz ; Count Rodern found it 

 breeding near Glogau ; and I give below particulars of its nidification in Nieder-Lausitz, as 

 observed by Dr. Kutter. Dr. Fritsch states (J. f. O. 1871, p. 381) that it nests on ponds near 

 Frauenberg, in Bohemia, and used formerly to occur near Pardubic, on the Ceperka pond, and 

 on the Bohdanec, as is obvious from the number of specimens in the collection at Pardubic. 

 Otherwise it is rare in Bohemia ; for Lokaj only obtained two, and Dr. Fritsch himself never 

 procured a fresh-killed example. In Transylvania, Messrs. Danford and Harvie-Brown write 

 (Ibis, 1875, p. 418), " the Little Crake is not uncommon. We probably saw it at Zah and 

 Tohat. The specimens in the Museum at Klausenburg were got at Szamosfalva. Not rare at 

 Gyeke." Natterer obtained it in Illyria, and Hanf in Styria, in April and May. It breeds in 

 Upper Austria and in several parts of Hungary, and is said to be common in the Bukowine 

 during the breeding-season. Passing north, again, I find it recorded by Mr. Cordeaux (Ibis, 

 1875, p. 186) as having occurred once, on the 22nd April 1854, in Heligoland; and Von 

 Wickevoort-Crommelin, in his excellent monograph of the Rails found in the Netherlands, 

 writes (p. 24) that he obtained a young male, killed near Zwartsluis, in Overijssel, in the 

 Netherlands, on the 9th September 1872. It is, he adds, very rare in Belgium, where it has 

 been observed in Brabant and near Liege, and has also occurred in Luxemburg. It occurs 

 regularly in the north of France, and is of irregular occurrence in Picardy and Lorraine, where 

 it has been found near Metz and Nancy. It is also found, though rarely, in the departments of 

 the Eure-et-Loire, Seine-et-Marne, and Yonne. It occurs on passage in the Jura and near 

 Lyons, and is met with regularly in the west of France, and is said to be common in the 

 department of the Charente-Inferieure. According to Mr. A. Lacroix, it is found on passage in 

 the French Pyrenees, breeds rarely in Herault and Tarne-et-Garonne, and regularly in Aude 

 and the Pyrenees orientales. It arrives in the south of France late in March; and a few 

 pairs breed there. Bouteille states (Orn. Dauph. p. 207) that it also breeds in Dauphine. 

 Professor Barboza du Bocage says it is rare in Portugal ; but it is tolerably common in Spain. 

 Mr. Howard Saunders informs me that its range is more eastern than that of Baillon's Crake ; it 

 seems to be most abundant on the spring passage near Valencia, and on the autumn one near 

 Malaga, but he never met with it west of the latter place. 



Passing eastward again, I find it recorded as common on passage in Savoy, where it also 

 breeds ; and it also breeds commonly throughout Italy. It is also recorded from Sicily by 



