318 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



black feathers ; forehead, sides of crown, throat, and chest slaty, 

 spotted white ; inner web of inner secondaries reddish brown, 

 outer web like the back ; abdomen whitish, flanks, under wing 

 coverts and axillaries brown barred white, under tail coverts buff. 

 Iris brownish red. Bill olive yellow, orange at base below. Legs and 

 feet yellowish green. Wing 1 15-120. Tarsus 31-33. Bill 16-17. 



Breeds. — Britain (rare) ; Continental Europe from 65° N. in 

 Norway, and 64*^ in Finland and Russia to Mediterranean; Sicily; 

 N.W. Africa (probably) ; also in W. Asia. Migrates ; more 

 abundant Britain on passage, some winter in S. Europe but 

 majority in N. Africa and S.W. Asia. 



Porzana Carolina (L.). Carolina Crake. 



Like " porzana " but inner web of inner secondaries same 

 colour as outer web ; throat black. Wmg $ $ 103-112. Tarsus 

 32-35. Bill 16-20. 



An American species ; has occurred several times in British 

 Isles. 



Porzana pusilla intermedia (Hermann). Baillon's 

 Crake. Fr. Poule d'eau Baillon ; Ger. Zwergsumpfhuhn ; Ital. 

 Schiribilla grigiata. 



$ Above olive brown, streaked black and freckled white ; 

 forehead, face, throat, and underparts slate ; lower abdomen, flanks 

 and under tail coverts black barred white ; under wing coverts and 

 axillaries almost uniform brown ; outer margin of ist primary 

 white. Iris red. Bill dark olive above, below and at base green. 

 Legs and feet olive brown. Wing ^ 90-93, ? 82-84. Tarsus 27-30. 

 Bill 16. $ Throat white. Young : underparts buff, barred white 

 on flanks and under tail coverts. 



Breeds. — Continental Europe south from Holland and Central 

 Germany across to the Urals ; Egypt ; N.W^ Africa ; W. Asia ; 

 very rarely in Britain. Migratory ; winters in Africa. 



The typical form " P. p. pusilla " is E. Asiatic. 



Porzana parva (Scopoli). Little Crake. Fr. Poule 

 d'eau poussin ; Ger. Kleines Sumpfhuhn ; Ital. Schiribilla. 



^ Larger than Baillon's Crake ; above olive brown with only 

 a few white streaks on scapulars ; beneath blue slate slightly barred 

 white on abdomen and flanks; outer web of ist primary brown ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries uniform olive grey. Iris red. 



