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THE BANDED CRAKE. 



The legs (Holdsvvorth says) are leaden-brown ; the irides 



red-brown ; (" carmine with an inner circle of yellow," 

 says) ; bill dusky above, green below. 



Layard 



The PLATE represents both sexes of this species fairly, although 

 the legs and feet are perhaps wrongly coloured. It should 

 be noted, because the shade makes this doubtful, that in the 

 male (the right hand figure) the entire crown, nape and back 

 of the neck are a rich chestnut, while in the female (the flying 

 bird) these parts are, as shown in the plate, unicolorous with the 

 back. 



