386 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



tarsus and front toe equal, 1 in. 4 1. ; colour above,, rufous 

 brown; the centres of the feathers dusky, beneath yel- 

 lowish white; wing coverts ferruginous; bill brown; 

 legs grey-brown; eye pale brown. 



Is common during the summer throughout the whole 

 country, from Scania at least, as far north as Upsala. 



213. G. PORZANA, Lath. Smaflackig Suniphona. The 



Spotted Crake. D. F. 



Length 8-- in. ; beak -f- in. ; tarsus If in. ; colour 

 brown olive green, bestrewed with white spots and 

 streaks ; back spotted with black ; outer wing feather 

 white on the outer edge ; wings reach down only to 

 two-thirds of the tail ; bill yellow green orange at the 

 base ; legs yellow- green ; eye red hazel. 

 Is not rare, especially in Wermland, and goes up at least 

 as far as Upland. 



I have generally found the full number of eggs six, laid 

 in wet grass, on a thick careless flat nest of rushes. I have 

 taken fresh eggs early in August. 



214. G. PUSILLA, Lath. Lilla Sumphona. The Little 



Crake. D. 



Wings and tail of equal length ; outer wing feathers 

 of one colour; body above olive brown, with black 

 spots ; below slate blue, unspotted ; bill and legs sap 

 green ; eye red ; wings unspotted. 



Has only once been killed, accidentally, in Gotland, in 

 1856. More common in Denmark. 



Baillon's crake, which may be known from the last by 

 the white spots over the wings, by the flesh-coloured legs, 

 and by the wings reaching only to half the length of the 

 tail, has not as yet been detected in the north. 



2. A naked round spot on the forehead; moult only 

 in spring. 



215. G. CHLOEOPUS, Lath. Gronfotad Sumphona. The 



MoorHfen. D. F. 



Length 13^ in; beak, with naked spots, 1 in. 5 1. ; 

 tail 3 in. ; tarsus 1 in. 7 1. ; whole body colour blueish 



