182 GRALLATORES. CREX. CRAKE. 
BAILLON’S CRAKE. 
Crex Barionu, J. & S. 
PLATE XXX. Fre. 3. 
Crex Baillonii, Jardine and Selby’s Illus. of Orn. part 1. pl. 15. 
Gallinula Baillonii, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2. 692. 
Ortygometra Baillonii, Shaw’s Zool. 12. 228. pl. 27. 
Gallinula Foljambei? Mont. Ornith. Dict. App. to Supp. ? 
Poule d’Eau Baillon, Temm. Man. 2. 692. 
Olivaceous Gallinule ? Mont. Ornith. Dict. App. to Supp. ? 
Baillon’s Crake, Jardine and Selby’s Illus. of Orn. 1. pl. 15.—Shaw’s Zool. 
12. 228. pl. 27. 
AFTER an attentive perusal of Monracuv’s description of 
the Olivaceous Gallinule, given in the Appendix to the Sup- 
plement of his Ornithological Dictionary, and comparing it 
with TemmMinck’s account of Gallinula Baillonii, as well as 
with several specimens of that bird, I feel considerable doubt 
whether it can properly be referred to that species; and I 
have therefore retained TEmMinck’s specific appellation, in- 
stead of that of Foljambei, to which (if they were really iden- 
tical) the bird now under consideration would, by priority of 
imposition, be entitled. With respect to size, and to the 
comparative length of the wings (as far as can be judged 
from Monracu’s figure) they nearly agree, but in other par- 
ticulars the Foljambe bird differs considerably from Crex 
Baillonit. 'The upper parts of the body are described as to- 
tally free from any white spots or markings, of which I never 
yet found any mature specimens of C. Bazllonii entirely des- 
titute; and the bird thus described having been killed in 
the month of May, there remains no doubt of its being an 
adult. It might, however, be suggested, that this is merely 
a sexual difference, being the summer livery of the female, 
but such an idea is directly contradicted by 'TEMMincx’s 
statement, that the females do not differ from the males; and 
I may add, that the various specimens of both sexes that 
have come under my notice, always possessed the character- 
istic white markings on the upper parts of the body. The 
