Class II. CRAKE GALLINULE. 



finely marked with two fmall white fpots on each 

 web : the legs of a yellowifh green. 



487 



Le Rafle rouge cm de Genet. 



Be Ion aro, 212. 

 Ortygometra, Crex. Gefner 



a-v, 361, 362. 

 Aldr. av. III. 179. 

 Rail, or Daker Hen. Wil. 



orn. 170. Phil, Tranfi. II. 



853. 

 Rati fyn. a<v. $S. 

 Corn-crek. Sib. Scot. 16. 

 Corn-craker. Martin's Weft. 



Iftes, 71. . 

 Rallus geniflarum, le Rafle 



de Genet, ou Roi des Cail- 



les. Brijfcn a<v 



Tab. 13. fig. 2. 

 Wachtel-konig. Kram, 349. 

 Rallus Crex. Lin. fyft. 261. 

 Angfnarpa, Korknarr, Sey- 



dreifvver. Faun. Suec. Jp, 



194. 

 Danis & Norv. Vagtel-Konge. 



Aker-Rixe. Skov-Snarre, 



Norvegis quibufda?n Ager= 



hoene. Brunnich, 192* 

 Br. Zocl. 131. 

 Roftz. Scopoli, No. 154. 



V. 159. 216, Crake, 



'T^HIS fpecies has been fuppofed by fome to 

 ■*■ be the fame with the water rail, and that it 

 differs only by a change of color at a certain 

 feafon of the year : this error is owing to inatten- 

 tion to their characters and nature, both which 

 differ entirely. The bill of this fpecies is fhort, 

 ftrong, and thick ; formed exactly like that of the 

 water hen, and makes a generical difdnction. It 

 never frequents watery places, but is always found 

 among corn, grafs, broom, or furze. It quits this 

 kingdom before winter -, but the water rail endures 

 our fharpeft feafons. They agree in their aver- 

 fion to flight; and the legs, which are remarkably 

 long for the fize of the bird, hang down whilft 



.K k 3 they 



