SYSTEMATIC LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



935 



469. Uria lomvia lomvia (L.) 



Briinnich's Guillemot. 



470. Uria grylle grylle (L.) 



The Black Guillemot, 



Genus ALLE Link 

 471. Allealle(L.) 



The Little Auk. 



STATUS 



Rare vagrant England, one or 

 two Scotland .... 

 Resident, breeds Scotland (not 

 e. south of Sutherland), isles and 

 Ireland : elsewhere occasional 

 visitor ..... 



Irregular winter- visitor, 

 sionally large numbers 



800 



802 



805 



805 



Genus FRATERCULA Brisson 

 472. Fratercula arctica grab as (Brehm) 

 The Southern Puffin. 



Resident, breeds locally, chiefly 

 isles ..... 



808 



808 



Order ALECTORIDES 

 Family OTIDID^E 



Genus OTIS Linnaeus 

 473. Otis tarda tarda L. 



The Great Bustard. 



474. Otis tetrax orientalis Hart. 



The Eastern Little Bustard 



Very rare vagrant : used to 

 breed England, s. e. Scotland 



Vagrant, chiefly England : only 

 few identified, some occurrences 

 perhaps O. t. tetrax . 



Genus CHLAMYDOTIS Lesson 



475. Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii (Gray & H.) Three England, one Scotland . 

 Macqueen's Bustard. 



811 

 Sll 



812 



812 



816 

 819 



819 



Family BALEARICID.E 



Genus MEGALORNIS 

 476. Megalornis grus grus (L.) 

 The Common Crane. 



Gray 



Rare vagrant : used to breed E. 

 Anglia ..... 



822 



822 



823 



Family RALLIED 

 Genus CREX Bechstein 



477. Crex crex (L.) 



The Land-Rail. 



Genus PORZANA Vieillot 



478. Porzana porzana (L.) 



The Spotted Crake. 



479. Porzana Carolina (L.) 



The Carolina Crake. 



480. Porzana parva (Scop.) 



The Little Crake. 



481. Porzana pusilla intermedia (Herm.) 



Baillon's Crake. 



Genus RALLUS Linnaeus 



482. Rallus aquations aquaiicus L. 



The Water- Rail. 



Summer-visitor, breeds (now rare 

 s. e. England). 



Summer-visitor, breeds rarely 

 England and Wales, has bred 

 Scotland, Ireland : otherwise 

 scarce passage -migrant . 



Five 



826 

 827 



827 



830 



830 



832 



Vagrant England, two Scotland, 

 two Ireland .... 834 



Vagrant, chiefly spring and 

 autumn: has bred England . 837 



839 



Resident, breeds (seldom Scot- 

 land, not Shetlands, Orkneys) : 

 also winter-visitor . . . 840 



