RALLID.E — THE RA1L8 — CREX 



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Genus CREZ, Ukciistein. 



CrUt Beciist. Xatnrf;. Dcutschl. IV. ISOD, 470 (type, 0. pmknsin, Urvust.,^ Jiallua era; Link.). 



Char, Siinilur to I'umnin, but liir;,'ur mid nl' stoutiT build, the middle toe shorter thnn the 

 'awns, the culmeu scarcel,y di'pri'ssed in tiie luiddli: puilion, and the bade ol' the gouy.- Ibvming a 

 lU'cided angle. 



0, pratenm, 



Crez pratensiB. 



THE COBN-CBAKE. 



Ralhiscrcx, Lixx. S. N. od. 10, 1758, liyi ; od. 12, I. 17C6, 261. — Dkoi,. Om. Eur. TI. 1849, 266. 



OnlUnuln crcx. Lath. Ind. Oni. II. 1790, 766. 



C'irx pratcnsis, Bkch.st. Taschenb. Viig. Dcutseh. 1303, .3;$7. — Naum. Vbg. Dcutschl. IX. 1838, 496, 



pi. 236. — HoNAi'. Coiiip. List, 1.S38, :>:i. — Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Kur. 1840, 67. — Macgii.l. 



Man. II. 113 ; Hist. Brit. B. IV. 1852, 527. — ('As.s. Pr. Ac. Xat. Sei. Philnd. VII. Jan. 1855, 



265 (New Jersey); in Baiid's B. X. Am. 1858, 751. — BAiitn, Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 558. 



— Coi-Es, Key, 1872, 274 ; Clieck List, 1873, no. 471 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 683. — Kidgw. Xoni. 



X. Am. B. 1881, no. 577. 

 Crex hcrhnrum and C. allicrps, Buehm, Viig. Deutsehl. 1831, 694. 

 The Land-Jiail, Yauk. Brit. B. ed. 2, III. 92, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 107, fig. ; et AucT. 



Had. Palcearctic Region, occurring casually or irregularly in Eastern North America ; Green- 

 land ; Bermudas. 



Sp. Char. Adult : Above, grayish brown or light drab, conspicuously striped with black ; 

 wings reddish, with indistinct white transverse spots on the larger coverts. Lining of the wing 

 and u.\illars, soft cinnamon, the former edged with white. Head ash-gray, with an indistinct loral 

 and postocular narrow stripe of very pale drab — the crown like the back ; throat, belly, and anal 



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