25° GALLINULE. 



I- Rallus Crex, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 261. 1. — Faun. Suet. 194. — Scop. Ann. i. 



+- CRAKE G. N „ , 54 ._j rMi . N o l92 ._ MuI/eri N o n^—Krdm. El. p. 349. 1.— 



Frifcb. t. 21 1. — Georgi Rei/i, p. 172. 

 Le Rale de Genet, ou Roi des Cailles, Brif. Oin. v. p. 159. pi. 15. fig, z. 



— Bitf. Oif. viii. p. 146. pi. 12. — PI, Enl. 750. 

 La Poule-Sultane rouffatre, .Sny; 0;-». v. p. 533. ;. 

 Daker Hen, or Rail, Raii Syn. p. 58. A. 8. — Will. Qrn. p. 170. pi. Z9. — 



Albin, i. pi. 32. 

 Land Hen, Will. Orn. p. 316. 



.Crake Gallinule, Br. Zocl. N° 216. pi. 75. — Artl. Zool. N° 412. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. j ENGTH nine inches and a half: weight from fix to eight 

 ounces. Bill one inch, colour greyifh brown : irides hazel : 

 the plumage on the upper parts pale rufous brown, each feather 

 dafhed down the middle with black : the under parts the fame, 

 but paler, and not fpotted : chin very pale : belly yellowifh white: 

 on the fides a few bars of the fame : legs the colour of the bill. 



Place and This is a very plentiful bird in fome parts of thefe realms j 



iVJ A N ft E R S • 



particularly fo in Ireland, where it is probable they pafs the win- 

 ter. Are alfo found in moft of the Hebrides and Orknies. Ap- 

 pear at Anglefea in Wales about the 20th of April ; fuppofed to 

 have come from Ireland. Few places in England are deftitute of 

 them in fummer : are found alfo in Scotland and the Orknies* ; 

 but no where what may be called common j and it is faid that 

 wherever Quails are in plenty, the Crake abounds -f ■, at leaft it is 

 fo obferved in the temperate parts of Rujfia and Sibiria, where 



* Flora Scot. f Hence called the King of tie Quails. 



10 they 



