WHITE-THROATED CRAKE 



breast and abdomen white; sides of breast and 

 flanks pale olive brown barred with dusky and 

 white. Bill short, yellow at base; iris bright 

 chestnut. 



Young. Similar but without the black on 

 the face and throat; the sides of the neck and 

 the chest light brown (shading to whitish on the 

 throat) instead of gray. 



A migrant of retiring habits found in marshes ; 

 apparently not common in the Canal Zone. 



3. Creciscus albigularis (Lawrence) 

 White-throated Crake 



Sexes similar. Length, 147 mm. (5.80 in.); 

 tail, 32 mm. (1.25 in.). General color above 

 reddish chocolate brown shading to bright chest- 

 nut on hindneck and upper back; wings and 

 tail dusky brown; throat white* chest whitish 

 heavily washed with chestnut; middle of breast 

 and abdomen white, the sides of the breast, 

 flanks and under tail coverts evenly barred 

 black and white. Bill short, black. 



An inhabitant of grassy fields and meadows, 

 not necessarily wet, though it is probably rarely 

 found far from water. Said to be common at 

 times at Monte Lirio. 



4. lonornis martinica (Linnaeus) 

 Purple Gallinule 



Sexes alike. Length, 315 mm. (12.40 in.); 

 tail, 71 mm. (2.80 in.). Head, neck and under 

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