SPOTTED CRAKE. 75 
narrowly with white; greater and lesser wing coverts, olivaceous 
green, tinged with yellowish brown, with a dusky spot on 
the centre of each feather, and other white spots surrounded 
by a line of black. Primaries, very dark dusky brown, 
tinted with olive green, with the outer web of the first 
feather white; tertiaries, long, transversely streaked with 
narrow white lines surrounded by a broad shade of black. 
Tail, black in the middle of the feathers, their edges brown 
and spotted with white; it is rather rounded at the end, 
the centre feathers being the longest; upper tail coverts, 
black in the middle, margined with pale greenish olive and 
brown, and spotted with white; under tail coverts, grey, or 
pale buff white. Legs and toes, which are long, olive 
yellow; claws, brown. 
The female is like the male. Head on the sides, reddish, 
spotted with brown. 
The young, on their first appearance, are entirely covered 
with black down; the bill red at the tip and the base, the 
middle part black; afterwards they have the bill greener, 
and tinged with dusky, the tip brown; the eyebrows deep 
grey with numerous white specks; head on the sides, chin, 
and throat, greyish white, with a few darker specks; the 
upper parts more greenish with fewer white spots, and more 
rounded; the breast below, more white, the quills deep 
brown; the legs greencr in colour, and tinged with dusky 
grey. 
