GALLINULE. 397 



Ortygometra, Raii, 58. A. 8. Will. 122. t. 29. Bris. v. 159. 3. 7rf. 8vo. ii. 253. 



A'r«?n.349. 1. tf/ein, 102. 1. Id. Stem. 22 t. 23. f. 2. a. b. Id. Ov. 31. t. 12. f. I. 

 Porphyrio rufescens, Bris.v. 533. 7<i. 8vo. ii. 353. WU1.2W. 



Rale de Genets, Roi des Cailles, Bi«/. viii. 146. pi. 12. PI. enl. 750. Hist. Prov. i. 353. 

 Re delleQuaglia, Zinnan. Uov. 36. t. 5. f. 18. Get. Uc.Sard. 277. 

 Wachtel koenig, Naturf. xiii. 220. Bechst. Deuts. iii. 262. 7d. Tit/. 2d. p. 270. 

 Wiesen Schnarre, Wachtel Koenig, Gunth. Nest u. Ey. t. 45. 

 Land Hen, Will. Engl. 316. 



Daker Hen, or Rail, Alb. i. pi. 32. Will. Engl. 170. pi. 29. 

 Crake Gallinule, Gen.Syn.v. 250. Br. Zool. ii. No. 216. pi. 75. Id./ol. 131. 7d. 



1812. ii. p. 119. pi. 20. f. 2. Flor. Scot. i. No. 162. 7>ec. 72mm. i. 470. Arct. 



Zool. ii. No. 412. Russ. Alep. p. 64. Bewick, i. pi. p. 311. Lewin, v. pi. 190. 



Id. pi. xxxvi. 1. — the egg. Donov. v. pi. 116. Pult. Dors. p. 15. .Lin. Trans, i. 



124. 7d. iii. 14. Orn. Diet. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill one inch, passing a little way on 

 the forehead, colour greyish brown ; irides hazel ; plumage above 

 and scapulars, pale rufous brown, the feathers with broad dashes of 

 black down the middle ; beneath paler, plain ; chin and middle of 

 the belly nearly white ; wing coverts fine pale tawny, or ferruginous 

 brown ; quills darker, with black shafts ; outer edge of the wing and 

 the exterior web of the outer quill white; at the bend of the wing a 

 small rising, or knob, but not visible to the eye ; tail cuneiform, 

 consisting of twelve feathers ; the two middle ones two inches in 

 length, colour as the back ; legs dirty grey. Both sexes said to be 

 much alike, but in some specimens the sides under the wings have 

 a few brownish bars. 



This is not uncommon in England in summer, appearing about 

 the latter end of April, and disappearing in October ;* is supposed 

 to pass the winter in Ireland, as it is found there in great plenty, and 

 at all seasons ; for the most part is seen about the 20th of April, at 

 Anglesea, in Wales, and generally thonght there to have come from 

 Ireland. Found also in most of the Hebrides and Orknies ; likewise 

 in Scotland ; but no where common, nor is this bird at all plentiful 

 in England, though in some parts much more so than in others. It 

 generally frequents high grass, or corn ; makes a nest of moss, or 



* For the most part called Land Rail ; called also Corn Crake, and Bean Crake. 



