CRAKE. GRALLATORES. CREX. 185 
LITTLE CRAKE. 
Crex pusiLLA, Mihi. 
PEATE XXX.” Fic. 4. 
Rallus pusillus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 761. sp. 24.— Pail. Reis. 3. 700. No. 30. 
Gallinula pusilla, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 484.—-Temm. Man. 2. 690. 
Gallinula minuta, Mont. Ornith. Dict. Supp. 
Zapornia pusilla, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 231. pl. 28. 
Poule d’Eau Poussin, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. 2, 690. _ 
Kleines Rhorhuhn, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. 2. 414. 
Dwarf Rail, Lath. Syn. Sup. 2. 323. 
Little Gallinule, Mont. Ornith. Dict. Supp. 
Little Craker, Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 12. 231. pl. 28. 
Tue little Crake rather exceeds in size the preceding spe- 
cies, to which it bears a close resemblance in shape and co- 
lour. It may, however, always be distinguished from the 
other by the comparative slenderness of its bill, the greater 
length of its wings (which, when closed, reach nearly to the 
tip of the tail), and by the naked portion of the tibia being 
longer and more apparent than in Crex Baillonii. In con- 
sequence of this slight modification in the form of the bill, 
and its greater length of wing, Dr Lracu, in his Catalogue 
of the British Museum, separated it from the other Crakes, 
and gave it the generic name of Zapornia (an apparent 
transmutation of Porzana) ; in which distinction he has been 
followed by Mr StEruHeEns, the continuator of SHaw’s Zoolo- 
gy. I have, nevertheless, ventured to retain it amongst 
the Crakes, thinking that the very slight difference it exhi- 
bits is not of sufficient importance to warrant a generic divi- 
sion.—Like the Crea Bailloniit it is of rare occurrence, and 
can only be considered as a visitant of that character. Its 
first notice, as a British species, is contained in Monracu’s 
Supplement to his Ornithological Dictionary, under the name 
of the Little Gallinule (Gallinula minuta), where a specimen 
he received from Mr Tucker, and apparently a young bird, 
Rare visi- 
tant. 
