RALLID.E — THE RAILS — CREX 



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Genus CREX, Bechstein. 



Qrex, Bechst. Naturg. Dcutsclil. IV. 1803, 470 (type, U. praUnsis, Bechst., = Rallus crex, Linn.). 



Char. Similar lo Pormna, but larger and of stouter builil, the middle toe shorter than the 

 tarsus, the culmen scarcely depressed in the middle portion, and the base of the gonys forming a 

 decided angle. 



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Crex pratensis. 



THE COEN-CRAKE. 



Ealluscrex, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 153 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 261. — Degl. Om. Eur. IL 1849, 266. 



Gallinula crex, L.4.TU. Ind. Orn. IL 1790, 766. 



Crex pratensis, Bechst. Taschenb. Viig. Deutsch. 130.3, 337. — Naum. Vog. Deutschl. IX. 1838, 496, 



pi. 23G. — BoNAP. Comp. List, 1838, 53. — Keys. & Bl.4s. Wirb. Eur. 1840, 67. — Macgill. 



Man. II. 113 ; Hist. Brit. B. IV. 1852, 527. — Cass. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. VII. Jan. 1855, 



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



— CofEs, Key, 1872, 274 ; Cheek List, 1873, no. 471 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 683. — Ridgw. Nom. 



N. Am. B. 1881, no. 577. 

 Crex herharum and C. nltiecps, BEEH>r, Vog. Deutschl. 1831, 694. 

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



Hab. Palsearctic Region, occurring casually or irregularly in Eastern Xorth America ; Green- 

 land ; Bermudas. 



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

 w-ings reddish, with indistinct white transverse spots on the larger coverts. Lining of the wing 

 and axillars, 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 



