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neft between the forks of the fhrubs, near the ground, of a reddifh 

 kind of plant, making a cover at the top hnpenetrable to the rain. 



Le Rale de la Jamaique, Brif. Orn. vi. Suppl. p. 140. 



— Bidi-Bidi, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 166. 



Leaft Water Hen, Ednv. pi. 278. — Brown Jam. p. 479. 



Q I Z E fmall : length fix inches. The bill is black, with the 

 bafe reddiih. : head and throat black : the upper parts of the 

 head, neck, and back, rufous brown, crofied with blackifh ftreaks : 

 fore part of the neck and breaft blueifh. alh-colour : belly, 

 fides, and thighs, barred white and brown : wing coverts brown, 

 fpotted with white : quills rufous brown, barred with black ; the 

 fecondaries fpotted with white: tail as the greater quills, marked 

 with a few fpots of white : legs brown. 



Inhabits Jamaica, where it is called Bidi-Bidi. 



20. 

 JAMAICA R. 



Description* 



Place 



Le petit Rale de Cayenne, Buf. Oif. viii. p.. 167. — PI. Enl. 847. 



length five inches. 



r pHIS is the fmalleft of its race yet known 



The bill is brown : the upper parts of the body the fame ; 

 darkeft on the back and fcapulars, which are ftreaked with white : 

 the wing coverts black, fpotted with white : fides of the body 

 undulated black and white, as in our Rail: over the eye a ftreak 

 of white : the under parts are pale dufky yellow, almoft white on 

 the chin and throat, and verging to afh-colour on the belly : 

 quills brown : tail barred black and white 1 legs pale yellow. 

 Inhabits Cayenne. 



21. 



LITTLE R„ 



Description. 



lace.. 



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