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GRALLATORES. 



RALLID^E. 



HALLWAY. 





THE LANDRAIL, 



OR CORN CRAKE. 



Crex pratensis. 



Gallinula crex, Crake Gallinule, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 119. 



Rallus, 



Gallinula Corn Crake, 

 Ortygomctra 



Crex pratensis, Meadow n 

 Corn 



Gallinula cre,v, Landrail 



MONTAGU, Ornith. Diet. 



BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 138. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 98. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 176. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 217. 



GOULD, Birds of "Europe, pt. i. 



Poule d'eau de Genet, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 686. 



CREX. Generic Characters. Bill shorter than the head, thick at the base, 

 subcultrated, compressed ; the cuhnen gradually deflecting from the forehead to 

 the point of the bill ; lateral furrow of the upper mandible broad, and occupying 

 more than half its length ; angle of the under mandible bending upwards ; both 

 mandibles of an equal length. Nostrils concave, lateral, linear, ovoid, pierced in 

 a membrane occupying the mandibular furrow in the middle of the bill Wings 



