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1/ O’ AOn the follow- 
ing day I caught two Saxicolce, and as there was no chance of keeping 
them alive, preserved their skins, for I did not feel quite sure about the 
species. [*] On the 25th a third Saxicola appeared on the scene; and 
when in latitude 52 0 N., longitude 30° W., I noticed two more birds, the 
Lan d-Rail (Crex pratensis) , and the Turnstone ( Strepsilas interpres). 
These were particularly interesting to me, and I was able to obtain both 
of them soon after they alighted on the deck of the ship. The former 
was in fair condition ; I kept it alive until the 28th, stuffing it with small 
scraps of raw meat, but owing to stormy weather it died on that day. 
The Turnstone was miserably thin and died in a few hours, though fed as j 
the Land-Rail was.^ 
[* It proved to be Saxicola cenanthe , the Wheatear or Stonechat. These specimens 
which are in fall plumage. I have had the pleasure of examining, thanks to the 
kindness of Mr. Young. — J. A. A.] 
Auk, l, Qot., 1884. p, 3^#- ?? 
The Corn Crake i^vfl’coti’J.^b’urinf ^ ^fshto this city recently 
I had the pleasure of exhibiting to Mr. Frank M. Chapman a case of birds 
containing specimens which I have collected and mounted in years gone 
by and among which he recognized a specimen of the Corn Crake {Crex 
crex) which I had inadvertently identified as another species. 
As regards the history of this bird, I may briefly mention that nearly 
a quarter of a 'century ago, in the month of October, while Snipe shooting 
in a boggy, swampy situation, my’dog flushed the strange bird which, fly- 
ing steadily, was readily brought down, and its like has never since been 
seen in this vicinity. — -James McKinlay, Pictou, N. S. 
