LITTLE CRAKE. 



15 



GRALLATORES. 



RALLID2E. 





THE LITTLE CRAKE, 

 OR Olivaceous Gallinule. 



Galliiiula mimita. Little Gallinule, 

 ,, Foljamhei, Olivaceous ,, 

 ,, miimta. Little ,, 



,, Foljamhei, Olivaceous „ 

 ,, pusilla. Little ,, 

 ,, Foljamhei, Olivaceous ,, 



pusilla. Little Crake, 



Mont. Supp. Ornith. Diet. 



,, Appendix to Supp. 

 Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 142. 



>i »> >j jj P» 144. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 99. 



M » » 



Crex 



Zapoi-nia 

 Gallinula 



Poule cfeau Poussin, 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 185. 

 Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 219. 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. x. 

 Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 690. 



The first example of this species made known in this 

 country, was shot near Ashburton in Devonshire, in 1809, 

 and Colonel Montagu received it from Mr. Tucker. This 

 bird, figured and described in Montagu"'s Supplement to his 



