Class II. CRAKE GALLINULE. 



119 



Gallinula Crex. G. grisea pen- 

 " nis medio nigricantibus, alls 



JTufo-ferrugineis, corpore sub- 



tus albo-rufescente. Lath. 



Ind- orn. 766. id. Syn. v. 



250. 

 Le Rasle rouge on de Genet. 



Belon av. 212- 

 Ortygometra, Crex. Gesner 



av. 361, 362. 

 Aldr. av. iii. 179- 

 Rail, or Daker Hen. TFil. 



orn. 170. PJdl. Trans, ii. 



853. 

 Raii Syn. av. 58. 

 Corn-crek. Sth. Scot. \6. 

 Corn-craker. Martin s JVest. 



Isles, 71. 



Rallus genistaram, le Rasle de 



Genet, ou Roi des Cailles. 



Brisson av. v. 15g. Tah. 13. 



Jig. 2. Hist, d'ois. viii. 146. 



PL Enl. 750. 

 Wachtel-konig. Kram. 34g^ 

 Rallus Crex. Gm. Lin. 711. 

 Angsnarpa, Korknarr, Sey- 



drelfwer. Faun. Suec. sp, 



194. 

 Danis Sc Norv. Vagtel-Konge. 



Aker-Rixe. Skov-Snarre, 



Norvegis quihusdaju Ager- 



hoene. Brnmiich, 1Q2. 

 Rostz. Scopoli, No. 154. 

 Br. Zool. 131. Arct. Zool. i'u 



200. 



2. Cr; 



XHIS species has been supposed by some to 

 be the same with the Water Rail, and said to dif- 

 fer only by a change of color at a certain season 

 of the year : an error owing to inattention to 

 their characters and nature, both which differ 

 entirely. The bill of this species is short, 

 strong, and thick, and formed exactly like that 

 of the Water Hen, which makes the generical 

 distinction. It never frequents watery places, but 

 is always found among corn, grass, broom, or 

 furze. It quits this kingdom before winter; 

 but the Water Rail endures our sharpest seasons. 



