Clafs II. 



LAND RAIL. 



387 



their fhafts, then olive colored, and edged with white: 

 the fcapulars are olive, finely marked with two fmall 

 •white fpots on each web : the legs of a yellowifh 

 green. 



II. The LAND RAIL. tab. iq. 



Le Rafle rouge ou de Genet. 



Belon a'v. 212. 

 Onygoroet; a, Crex. Gefner a<v. 



361, 363. 

 Aldr. a'v. iii. 179. 

 Rail, or Daker Hen. Wil. orn. 



170. 

 "Raiifyn. a<v. 58. 

 Corn-crek. Sib. Scot. 16. 

 Corn-craker. Martini Weft, ijles. 



7 1 - 

 Rallus geniftarum, le Rafle de 



Genet, ou Roi des Cailles. 



Briffbn a'v. V. 159. tab. 13. 



fig. 2. 

 Wachtel-konig. Kram. 349. 

 Rallus Crex. Lin.jyft.z6i. 

 Angfnarpa, Kornknarr, Seydreif- 



wer. Faun. Suec.fp. 194.. 

 Dam's & Nor<v. Vagtel-Konge. 



Aker-Rixe. Skov-Snarre, Nor- 



<vegis quibufdxm Agerhoene. 



Brunnicb 192. 

 Br. Zool. 131. 



THIS fpecies has been fuppofed by fome to be 

 the fame with the water rail, and that it dif- 

 fers only by a change of color at a certain feafon of 

 the year : this error is owing to inattention 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 diftinction. 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 fharpeil feafons. They 

 agree in their averfion to Might ; and the legs, which 

 are remarkably long for the fize of bird, hang down 

 whilft they areon the wing •, they truft their fafety to their 

 fwiftnefs of foot, and feldom arefprung a fecond time 

 but with great difficulty . The land rail lays from twelve 



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