218 CORN CRAKE. 
that part being in the former genus larger than the 
head, and in the latter shorter. From the Grakers 
they differ in their more robust form of body as well 
as their shorter wings and legs, which afford good 
characters of discrimination. Their manners are 
somewhat similar, and their food consists of insects 
and vegetables. 
CORN CRAKE. 
(Ortj'^gometra Crex.) 
Or. grisea pennis medio nigricantibus, a!is nifo-ferrHgineis, cor- 
pore subtiis albo-riifescente. 
Grey Crake with the middle of the feathers dusky, the wings of a 
red-rust colour, the body beneath reddish-white. 
Rallus Crex. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 261. Gmel. Si/st. Nut. 1. / I I . 
Gallinula Crex. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 766. 
Ortygometra. Rait, Syn. 58. A. Briss. Orn. 5. 159. 
Porphyrio rufescens. Briss. Orn. 5. 533. 
Rale de Genet, ou Roi de Cailles. Buff. Ois. 8. 146. pi. 12. 
Biff. PI. Enl. 750. 
Poule-d'eau de Genet. Tenim. man. d'Orn. 444. fd. 2 Edit. ii. 
686. 
Land Hen . JV ilL o 1 6 , 
Daker Hen, or Rail. Aib. Birds, 1 . pi. 32. 
Crake Gallinule. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 412. Penn. Brit. Zool. 
2. 216. pi. 75. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 250. If^alc. Syn. 2. pi. 
170. Leiv. Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 190. Don. Brit. Birds, 5. 
2}L 116. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. Betv. Brit. Birds, 1. 311. 
Between nine and ten inches in length : its beak 
is light brown : irides hazel : a streak of pale ash- 
