JAMAICA CRAKE. 
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sharp, and is said to resemble the word Ho/o, from 
whence its name is derived. 
JAMAICA CRAKE. 
(Ortygometra Jamaicensis.) 
OK,Jusco-rtifescens tceniis nigricantibus, collo subtus pectoreque 
ccerulescente, capite nigra, abdomine Jemoribus hypochon- 
driisque Jusco alboque undatis. 
Reddish -brown Crake streaked with dusky, the neck beneath and 
breast ceerulescent, the head black, the abdomen, thighs, and 
sides waved with white and black. 
Rallus Jamaicensis. Briss. Orn. Sup. 140. Gmel. Syst.Nat. 1. 
718. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 76]. 
Le Rale Bidi-bidi. Bitf. Ois. 8. 166. 
Least Water Hen, Edw. Birds, pi. 278. 
Jamaica Rail. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 239. 
Called Bidi-bidi in Jamaica, according to Buffon : 
it is a small species : its length is six inches : its beak 
is black, with its base reddish : the head and throat 
are black : the upper parts of the head, neck, and 
back are rufous-brown, streaked with dusky-black : the 
wing-coverts are brown, with white spots : the quills 
are rufous-brown, with black bars ; the secondaries 
with white spots : the fore part of the neck and the 
breast are bluish-ash colour : the belly, sides, and 
thighs are barred with white and brown : the tail is 
as the greater quills, varied with a few white spots : 
legs brown. 
