LITTLE CRAKE. 



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rump, tail-featliers, ami upper tail-coverts, dark brown ; tlie 

 cliin white ; the neck in front, breast and belly, delicate buff 

 colour; flanks and under tail-coverts greyish brown, with 

 white spots forming bands. 



The young are at first covered with black down ; the beak 

 green ; afterwards both sexes, for a time, resemble the female. 



By an unfortunate oversight, I find that I made a mistake 

 at page 664< of the second volume. The vignette there 

 figured is a representation of the young of the Common 

 Sandpiper, the species figured at page 539, and not the 

 young of the Dunlin as stated. To remedy this error, and 

 at the same time to make some amends, I now insert below 

 the true figure of the young of the Dunlin. The short de- 

 scription at the bottom of page 663, of " the chick soon after 

 leaving the egg,''"' belongs also to the young of the Common 

 Sandpiper. 



