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is the large bog near Onllwyn, and here in the early part of the 

 shooting season I invariably flush several, and many breed in this 

 place. I one day flushed six and killed four, three of which were 

 birds of the year. The station-master who was then at Onllwyn 

 informed me there were two broods of them hatched in that part 



of the bog close to the station that year I have never seen 



one after October It has been killed on some of the bogs 



near Cray, and its nest and eggs have been taken on the Trath 

 near Brecon" (Phillips, ' Birds of Breconshire,' Zool. 1882, pp. 

 219-20). 



Glamorganshire. — Mr. Dillwyn Llewellyn told Mr. Phillips 

 (I. c.) that in the fall of the year he could at any time move three 

 or four in some bogs in this county. 



Carmarthenshire. — Montagu received one or more speci- 

 mens from this county (' Ornithological Dictionary'). 



Merionethshire. — "A few shot most seasons" in the Bar- 

 mouth district (Rawlings, ' List of the Birds of the Barmouth 

 District,' p. 6). 



For the greater portion of the following records of the Spotted 

 Crake in Scotland I am indebted to the Rev.H. A. Macpherson : — 



The late Mr. R. Gray wrote, in 1871, " So far as I have 

 observed, the Spotted Crake is a very uncommon species in the 

 western counties ; it is, however, more numerously distributed 

 throughout the eastern counties, extending from Orkney to Ber- 

 wickshire." After referring to Mr. A. G. More re the breeding 

 of this species in Scotland, he adds : — " As the birds have been 

 repeatedly taken in the breeding season in Banffshire, Fife, East 

 Lothian, and Berwick, it is not unreasonable to infer that the 

 species nests in these counties also." He also says that it appears 

 early, — e. g. in April, — and has been shot in November, December, 

 and even January (Gray, ' Birds of the West of Scotland,' p. 333). 



Elgin. — Nest taken in this county (Yarrell, 4th ed. vol. iii. 

 p. 144). 



Perth. — Nest taken in this county (Yarrell, ut sup.). 



Berwickshire. — One adult shot, 18th Oct. 1873 ; one shot 

 19th Oct. 1868 (B. N. C. 1873—5, p. 134). 



Midlothian. — One obtained March, 1864 (Proc. N. H. S. 

 Glasgow, vol. i. p. 55). 



Ayrshire. — One shot 3rd Nov. 1875 (ib. vol. iii. p. 197). 



AiiKRDKEN.-— One shot at the mouth of the river Ythan, 



