LITTLE CRAKE. 339 



The head and upper parts are oil-green, and on 

 the middle of the back, as in the last, there is a 

 patch of white, varied by black ; there are also white 

 markings on the scapulars, but " never on the wing- 

 coverts;" the lower parts bluish-grey; on the vent 

 darker and crossed with white; bill, legs, and feet, 

 deep green, the former, according to Mr. Yarrell, 

 red at the base. 



