SPOTTED CRAKE.
CORDDYFRIAR FANXOG, OF T H E ANCIENT BRITISH.
8POTTED RAIL. SPOTTED WATER-HEN. SPOTTED GALLINU I.E. WATERCRAKE.
WATER-RAIL.
Crtx porzana, SELBT. JENYNS.
Gallinula porzana, BEWICK. FLEMING.
Rallus porzana, MONTAGU.
Ortjgomeira Porzana, STEPHENS.
Crex— ? Porzana— ?
T H I S bird extends, in its range, from Russia and the north of
Sweden, through the midland districts of Germany and Holland, to
the southern parts of Europe—Italy, France, Greece, and Turkey;
likewise from thence to Africa; and also extends to Asia, being to
be found in Siberia, Asia Minor, Persia, and India.
I t is a very local species. In Yorkshire a few have been met with
near Burlington, where in 1841 one flew across the stream into a
cottage, and another was caught b y a boy, Hebden Bridge, and Halifax;
about Doncaster it is more common, and at York, where, in the Foss
Islands, it has been known occasionally to b r e e d ; near Leeds one, at
Calvcrley; one also near Hawes, at Appersett, October 2nd., 18f>7.
The Rev. R. P . AHngton tells me that it is common in a small piece
of fen called ' T h e small d r a i n s / in the parish of North Cotes, Lincolnshire;
but h e has never seen it after October. A. Fuller, Esq.
also informs me of five shot at Tetney, near Great Grimsby, in 1851,
others at the Blowwells. In Norfolk it is not uncommon at Briton,
and other places, and breeds about several of t h e Broads. One was
found dead at Thetford, in October, 1847, which had been killed
by flying against the wires of the telegraph. In Surrey, the bird is
stated to have been met with near Godalming. Many occurred near