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ij/ilUufilo^ T/?^ Land-Rail y or Baker -Hen. Oitygometra. 



/y^' Numb. XXXII. 



T S Weight is 6 Ounces and i o Drams ; Length from the 

 tip of the Bill to the end of the Tail 1 1 Inches and a half; 

 to the end of the Claws 1 5 Inches ; Breadth when the Wings 

 are extended, 20 Inches ; the Bill one Inch. 



This Bird is in Shape and Bignefs like to the Water Hen; 

 the Body is narrow or compreffed fideways ; the lower Part 

 of the Breall and Belly are white, as is alfo the Chin ; the 

 Throat is of a more fordid or dirty Colour ; on the Head are 

 two broad black Lines ; there is alfo a white Line from the 

 Shoulders as in the More-Hen. The middle Part of the co- 

 vert Feathers of the Back are black ; the Sides of a redijfh 

 aili-colour ; the Thighs are variegated with tranfverfe white 

 Lines; in each Wing are 23 quill Feathers; the lefler Rows 

 of wing Feathers both above and below are of a deep yel- 

 low, as alfo the Borders of the prime Feathers ; the Tail i& 

 almofl: 2 Inches long made up of 12 Feathers ; the Bill is like 

 the Water-hen's : the upper Mandible whitiih ; the nether 

 dusky ; the Legs bare above the Knees ; the Feet whitiih ; 

 in the Stomach when diffe^led are found Snails. 



It is called Rdlus or Gr alius from its ftalking ; the Italians' 

 call it // re delle ^alie, as much as to fay, the great Quail 

 or King of Quails; and it isfaid to be the Leader of the 

 Quails, or their Guide when they go from one Place to an- 

 other. 1 he French give it the fame Name as the Italians 

 do, as Roy de Cailles and Mere des Cailles, 



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