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and barred with white ; thighs, spotted with a similar colour ; 
hind-neck, back, and wings, olive-brown, the back being 
broadly streaked with black and marked along the middle 
line with a few white spots; primaries, entirely brown, the 
outer web of the first thus differing from that of Baillon’s 
Crake ; tail-feathers and inner secondaries have dark centres 
and broad greenish-brown margins. 
Adult female nuptial.—Top of head, back and sides 
of neck, light brown; streak over the eye, grey; chin and 
throat, white; front of neck, breast, and abdomen, rich 
tawny-buff; sides and under tail-coverts, ash-grey, thinly 
barred with white. 
Adult winter, male and female.—Bears a general resem- 
blance to the respective nuptial plumage. 
Immature, male and female. — Breast and abdomen, 
pale buff, almost white; flanks more streaked than in 
the adult. 
Nestling.—Glossy-black with a greenish tinge. 
Brak. Red at base; point, green. 
FEET. Green. 
Ir1pEs. Red. 
AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS. 
TOTAL LENGTH Si) eam: 
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BAILLON’S CRAKE. Porzana bailloni (Vieillot). 
Coloured Figures.—Gould, ‘ Birds of Great Britain,’ vol. iv, pl. 
89; Dresser, ‘ Birds of Europe,’ vol. vii, pl. 497; Lilford, 
‘Coloured Figures,’ vol. iv, pl. 59. 
Baillon’s Crake (which more strictly speaking might be 
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called the Little Crake, for it is smaller than the last 
species) 1s a rare and an uncertain visitor, chiefly in spring 
and autumn.’ But there is stronger evidence, than in the 
1 Mr. Harting is of the opinion that Baillon’s Crake is a local resident 
in England, the bird having been procured in nearly every month of 
the year. Mr. Saunders, on the other hand, considers that there is no 
