BIRDS. GRALLJE. 41. 42. 43. <& 



orlits, and ntmp wliite : crown black : ne.ck with or without 

 streaks : tail greyish, the outer feathers white : legs 4 

 inches and a half long : claws black. 



Obs. From its slender make, sharp-pointed slightly-curved bill, 

 :;nd long ks, tins bird appears rather to belong to this genus, than 

 that of Charadrius. 



209. C. curop 'M/s. Cream-colour with dusky streaks, side* 

 of the head chin and belly paler : through the eyes 

 a pale streak : quills and spot near the tip of the la- 

 teral tail-feathers blackish : legs pale buff. 



Jlnropean Courfer. Lewin t, 188. Lath. Sit/;pL t. i 16. 



Si/.c of the golden plover, but of a more slender make. 



Kill black, 3 quarters of an inch long : iris haxcl : behind the (vex 

 ;t blackish patch : plumage above cream-colour with undulate tr,i"nl- 

 vcrfe dusky lines, darker on the buck ; tail cream-colour, marked 

 \vith black near the tip except the 2 middle feathers. 



41. ILEMATOPUS. Sea-pie.. 



210. H. ostralegits. 



Pied Oyster-catcher. Br. Zool. t. 74. lewin t. 189. Donov.t.62. 



Length 16 inches : extent 31 inches: weight 16 ounces and a half. 



Rill 3 inches long, orange : iris crimfon ; under the eyes a fmall 

 white fpot : body above black, beneath white : throat black, with or 

 without a white rrefcent acrofs it: b re aft and belly white : mtngj 

 crossed with a white band : rump and upper-half of the. tail white ; 

 legs orange ; clams black. 



42. RALLUS. Rail, 



211. R. aquaticus. Above olive-brown with dusky spots, 

 beneath dark-grey : flanks with transverse black and 

 white spots : lower mandible reddish. 



Water Kail. Br Zcol. t. 75. Lev in t. 190. Donov. t. 104, 

 Length 12 inches : extent 16 : weight 4 ounces and a half. 

 Bill black above edged with red : iris red : crcwn with a white 

 fpot : plumage above black edged with dingy-brown; chin dirty- 

 white : sides of the head, forepart of the neck and breast dark hoary 

 iead-colour, slightly tirged with pale rufous: ridge oftheiv?wgj 

 white, the inside barred with brown and white, quills and fecon- 

 daries dusky, side-feathers barred with blcick and white, and 

 slightly tipped with a pale reddish-brown : inner-side of the thighs 

 and vent pale yellowish-brown : tail of 12 feathers, dusky edged 

 with brown : legs placed far behind, dull dirty flesh-colour ; toft 

 long, without any connecting membrane. Dillwyn. 



43. GALLINULA. Gallimte. 



212. G. Crex. Rufous-brown with blackish spots, beneath 

 pale yellowish-brown: wings reddish-bay. 



Crake, Land Rail. Br. ZooL t. 75. Lewin t. 591. Donovan t. 116. 



Length 9 inches and a half: n'tight from 6 to 8 ounces. 



J?iV/ grty-brown : iris light hazel : chin very pale : Jlanks with a 

 few tranfvcrfe brown streaks : greater n. ing -coverts whitish at the 

 ends : quills dusky-bay : ta/Ylike the back : legs pale brown. 



213. G. cfiloropiis. Front fulvous: garters red: body 

 blackish : outer edge of the wings and vent white. 



Moor-hen. Br. Zool. t. 77. Ltwin t. 192. Donovan t. no. 



Length 14 inches: extent 22 : weight about 15 ounces. 



BUI red at the bafe, greenish towards the point: iris reddish : 

 body above deep olive brown, beneath paler : jlankt with white 

 Stripes : quills and tail dus^y brown : above the knees a red garter : 

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