LITTLE CRAKE. 79 
inner margins. lighter in colonr than the outer ones; primaries, 
dusky brown; tertiaries, dark in the middle of the feathers, 
brown on the edges. Tail, dark brown; upper tail coverts, 
dark brown also; under tail coverts, barred with grey or 
yellowish brown and white spots. 
The young are at first covered with black down, afterwards 
they resemble the female. 
