met with it there in the winter season ; and Mr. A. B. Brooke states (Ibis, 1873, p. 336) that he 

 never saw or heard any on that island. I have received specimens from Corsica; and Mr. C. A. 

 Wright states (Ibis, 1864, p. 150) that it is not uncommon in Malta, arriving early in the spring 

 and appearing again in the autumn. Lord Lilford records it as occurring sparingly in Corfu in 

 April and September ; and Dr. Kruper says that it occurs in Greece only on passage, but that 

 possibly a few may remain there all winter. 



Throughout Southern Germany it is found almost everywhere during the breeding-season. 

 In Styria it is more numerous some seasons than in others, and breeds there, arriving early in 

 May and leaving late in September or early in October, some few remaining until the first week 

 in November. Dr. Fritsch states (J. f. O. 1871, p. 381) that it is common throughout Bohemia 

 in fertile localities during the breeding-season, leaving in the late autumn ; and the Bitter von 

 Tschusi-Schmidhofen, referring to its occurrence in Austria, says (J. f. O. 1871, p. 119) that in 

 1867 it was very numerous near Arnsdorf, there being then many clover-fields; but in 1868, 

 1869, and 1870 it was not seen, as all the clover-fields were sown with grain. Messrs. Danford 

 and Harvie-Brown record it (Ibis, 1875, p. 418) as common everywhere in Transylvania, and 

 migratory; and it is found in Turkey and in the countries skirting the Lower Danube. In 

 Southern Russia Mr. Goebel says (J. f. O. 1871, p. 145) he has only seen it on passage, and in 

 the spring it is generally seen in meadows where there is an old growth of grass, whereas in the 

 autumn it occurs in the oat- and buckwheat-fields. 



In Asia Minor and Palestine it appears to be resident. Strickland says that it winters near 

 Smyrna ; Dr. Kruper remarks that his servant shot one near there on the 22nd of February ; and, 

 according to Canon Tristram (Ibis, 1868, p. 327), it is universally diffused and met with at all 

 seasons in Palestine. In North-east Africa it occurs as a winter visitant. Captain Shelley writes 

 that in Egypt it may be met with singly in the clover-fields, but is not plentiful ; and Von Heuglin 

 says that it arrives in Egypt and Arabia late in August or early in September, and ranges far into 

 the interior in the winter. He met with it in September near Chartum ; and Lefevre observed it 

 in the province of Wodscherat, in Abyssinia, in the same month. It passes northward, again, in 

 March and April ; and Von Heuglin has seen stragglers in Lower Egypt early in May. In Algeria 

 it is, to some extent, sedentary, and a few pairs breed on the humid plains ; but it is chiefly met with 

 on passage; and, according to Favier (fide Colonel Irby, I. c), it is found in Morocco on passage, 

 crossing the Straits during the month of February, returning in August, September, and October, 

 being occasionally obtained throughout the winter months. Vernon Harcourt records it from 

 Madeira; and Mr. F. DuCane Godman, referring to its occurrence in the Azores, writes (Ibis, 

 1866, p. 102) as follows : — " Mr. J. Dabney showed me a stuffed Corn-Crake, which was killed 

 two or three years previously by flying against a window of his house. I also saw another 

 stuffed specimen in a collection in Angra, said to have been killed in Terceira." On the con- 

 tinent of Africa it has been met with as far south as the Cape colony ; for Mr. Layard writes 

 (B. of South Africa, p. 338) : — " It seems to be not uncommon in Natal, where, according to 

 Mr. Ayres (Ibis, 1863, p. 331), they are plentiful inland during the summer months. Only one 

 single specimen, however, has occurred in the Cape colony ; and this was killed on the Cape flats, 

 near Wynberg, by Mr. H. Dumbleton in 1864;" and he further adds (Ibis, 1869, p. 377) that 

 Dr. E. Atherstone wrote to him from Graham's Town under date of the 19th April, 1869, saying 



