Class II. CRAKE GALLINULE. 



finely marked with two fmail white fpots on each 

 web : the legs of a yellowifh green. 



437 



Le Rafle rouge ou de Genet. 



Belon av. 212. 

 Ortygometra, Crex. Gefner 



a~u. 361, 362. 

 Alar, a<v. III. 179. 

 Rail, or Daker Hen. Wil. 



orn. 170. Phil. Tranf. II. 



853- 



Rait fyn. a<v. 58. 

 Corn-crek. Sib. Scot. 16. 

 Corn-craker. Martin's Weft. 



IJles, 71. 

 Rallus geniftarum, le Rafle 



de Genet, ou Roi desCail- 



les. BriJJon av. V. 159. 216. Crake, 



Tab. 13. ftg- 2. 

 Wachtel-konig. Kram. 349. 

 Rallus Crex. Lin. fyft. 261. 

 Angfnarpa, Korknarr, Sey- 



dreifwer. Faun. Suec. fp. 



194. 

 Dams & Nor-v. Vagtel-Konge. 



Aker-Rixe. Skov-Snarre, 



Norvegis quibufdajji Ager- 



hoene. Brunnich, 192. 

 Br. Zool. 131. 

 Roftz. ScopoJi, No. 154. 



*"inHIS fpecies has been fuppofed by ibme to 

 **■ be the fame with the Water rail, and that it 

 differs only by a change of color at a certain 

 Teafon of the year : this error is owing to inatten- 

 tion to their characters and nature, both which 

 differ entirely. The bill of this fpecies is fhort, 

 flrong, and thick ; formed exactly like that of the 

 water hen, and makes a generical diftinction. It 

 never frequents watery places, but is always found 

 among corn, grafs, broom, or furze. It quits this 

 kingdom before winter ± but the water rail endures 

 our fharpeft feafons. They agree in their aver- 

 fion to flight; and the legs, which are remarkably 

 long for the fize of the bird, hang down whilft 



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