Brogden : Birds of Spalding and S. Lines. Fenland. 27 



Coturnix communis Bppnaterre. Quail. Only a casual visitor 

 now. Years ago it used to breed almost reg-ularly. I saw- 

 one specimen last year. I saw one in newly enclosed marsh 

 in September 1896. 



Crex pratensis Bechstein. Land Rail. Breeds annually in 

 varying" numbers. 



Porzana maruetta (Leach). Spotted Crake. Occurs almost 

 annually, Cowbit Wash being- a favourite haunt. I have 

 also found it in Whaplode and Spalding Marsh. Most 

 probably breeds. 



Ral/us aquaticus Linnaeus. Water Rail. Not so uncommon 

 as its skulking habits would lead one to suppose ; probably 

 breeds. 



Gallinula chloropus (L.). Moorhen. Plentiful in all suitable 



localities ; breeds. 

 Fulica atra L. Coot. The same may be said of this as the 



Moorhen. Sometimes in autumn to be found in large 



numbers at the mouth of the Welland. 

 Grus communis Bechstein. Crane. Said at one time to have 



been common. Herons are often called Cranes in this 



district. 



GBdicnemus scolopax (S. G. Gmelin). Stone-Curlew. I have 

 only seen one in this district, and that was picked up in an 

 exhausted state, in August 1892, in the parish of Long 

 Sutton ; it was a young bird, and from the frayed appear- 

 ance of the tail and wings appeared to have escaped from 

 confinement. 



Eudromias morinellus (L.). Dotterel. Only a very casual 

 spring visitor, and not nearly so numerous as in former 

 years. 



/Egialiiis hiaticola (L.). Ringed Plover. Plentiful on the 

 coast, but I have not found it breeding in this district. 



/Egialitis curonica (Gmelin). Little Ringed Plover. Mr. 



Browne, of Leicester, informed me that he obtained it in 



September 1894 in Holbeach Marsh. 

 Charadrius pluvialis L. Golden Plover. Usually very 



numerous in the winter and taken in great numbers in 



nets. Two men in one day during last March (1895) tO°k 



115, for which they received is. 3d. each. 

 Squatarola helvetica (L.). Grey Plover. An annual winter 



visitor to the coast, varying greatly in numbers in certain 



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