BIRDS. GRILLE. 4k 42. 43. *>3 



front, orbits, and r«(!Wj& white : crown black : neck with or without 

 dusky streaks : tail greyish, the outer feathers white : legs 4 

 inches and a half long : claws black. 



Obs. From its slender make, sharp-pointed slightly-curved bill, 

 antf long legs, this bird appears rather to belong to this genus, than 

 that of Charadrius. 



209. C. curopams. Cream-colour with dusky streaks, sides 

 of the head chin and belly paler : through the eyes 

 a pale streak : quills and spot near the tip of the la* 

 teral tail-feathers blackish : legs pale huff. 



European Courfer. Lewin t, 188. Lalh. Suppl. t. 116. 



Size of the golden plover, but of a more slender make. 



Bill black, 3 quarters of an inch long : iris hazel : behind the eyes 

 a blackish patch : plumage above cream-colour with undulate tranf- 

 verfe dusky lines, darker on the back : tail cream-colour, markedt 

 with black near the tip except the 2 middle feathers. 



4h HjEMATOPUS. .Sea-pie* 



210. H. ostralegus. 



Pied Oyster-catcher. Br. Zool. t. 74. Lewin t. 189. Donov.t.62. 



Length 16 inches : extent 31 inches : weight 16 ounces and a half. 



Bill 3 inches long, orange : iris crimfon : under the eyes a fmall 

 white fpot : body above black, beneath white : throat black, with or 

 without a whiie crefcent acrofs it : brenft and belly white : wings 

 crossed with a white band ; rump and upper-half of the tail white, j 

 legs orange : claws black. 



42. RALLUS. Rail 



211. R. aquaticus. Above olive-brown with dusky spots, 

 beneath dark-grey : flanks with transverse black anit 

 white spots : lower mandible reddish. 



Water Rail. Br Zool, t. 75. Lewin t. 190. Donov. t. 104. 



Length 12 inches: extent 16: weight 4 ounces and a half. 



Bill black above edged with red : iris red : crown with a white 

 fpot : plumage above black edged with dingy-brown : chin dirty- 

 white : sides of the head, forepart of the neck aud breast dark hoary 

 lead-colour, slightly tinged with pale rufous : ridge of the wings 

 white, the inside barred with brown and white, quills and fecon- 

 daries dusky, side-feathers barred with black and white, and 

 slightly tipped with a pale reddish-brown : inner-side of the thighs 

 and vent pale yellowish-brown : tail of 12 feathers, dusky edged 

 with brown: legs placed far behind, dull dirty flesh-colour: toes 

 long,, without any connecting membrane. Dillwyn, 



43. GALLINULA. Gallinnle. 



212. G.Crex. Rufous-brown.with blackish spots, "beneath 

 pale yellowish-brown: wings reddish-bay. 



Crake, Land Rail. Br. Zool. t. 75. Lewin t. 391. Donovan t. 116. 



Length 9 inches and a half; weight from 6 to 8 ounces. 



Bill grey-brown : iris- light hazel : chin very pale ; flanks with a 

 few tranfverfe brown streaks : greater wing-coverts whitish at the 

 ends : quills dusky -bay : tail like the back : legs pale brown. 



213. G. ckloropm. Front fulvous : gaiters red: body 

 blackish : outer edge of the wings and vent white. 



Moor-hen. Br. Zool. t. 77. Lewin t. 192. Donovan t. no. 



Length 14 inches : extent 22 : weight about 15 ounces. 



Bill red at the bafe, greenish towards the point: iris reddish r 

 tody above deep olive brown, beneath paler : flanks with white 

 stripes : aiiills and tail dusky brown'; above the knees a v.ed garter • 

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