c. 



CREX GULAHIS (nobis). 

 Wliite-throated Crake. 



PLATE XXXIX. 



supra olivacea, plumis medio nigris, subtus grisea, gula alba, alis calcaratis. 



X his new species is a native of the Brazils, and was received in a late 

 package of valuable skins from Dr Such. Its length is about nine inches 

 and a half. At first sight it closely resembles our common Water Rail, 

 Rallus aquaticus, Linn., but on examination possesses all the characters of 

 the true Crex of Bechstein. We are ignorant of the manners of this species, 

 no remarks having accompanied the specimens from Dr Such. The whole 

 genus delight in low and moist me? iows ; but some of the species are cer- 

 tainly more truly aquatic than the others. Our present species is furnish- 

 ed with a strong deep bill. The legs are proportionally rather short, and 

 as a whole it possesses no characters decidedly marked as adapted for ei- 

 ther mode of living. The prevailing colour of the upper parts is yellowish 

 oil-green, the centre of each feather deep brownish-black. The under 

 parts are pale bluish ash-grey, with the exception of the throat, which is 

 pure white : the feathers covering the thighs are of a darker shade, and 

 are barred with white. The wings are furnished with a slight spur at the 

 end, a structure common to many of this genus, and also to the adjoining 

 groups of the Gallinules and true Rails. The bill and legs are yellowish- 

 green. 



