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RED-TAILED CRAKE. 
(Ortygometra phjEnicura.) 
Or. Ji onte incarnato, corpore nigro, vertice suhtus genisque albis, 
crisso cauddqiie Jerriigineo-rubris. 
Crake with the forehead flesh-coloured, body black, the crown, 
under parts and clieeks white, the vent and tail rusty-red. 
Rallus phaenicurus. Gmel. Stjst. Nat. 1. 71 5. 
Gallinula phaenicura Lath. Intl. Orn, 2. 770. 
Red-tailed Gallinule. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 259. 
Length nine inches : beak yellowish-green, with 
its base reddish : bare part of the forehead flesh-co- 
loured ; the rest of the forehead, round the eyes, and 
under parts of the plumage white : the upper parts 
of the plumage black : quills the same, marked with 
large bluish spots : the vent and tail rusty-red : the 
legs dirty-green, tinged with red : toes long. In- 
habits the Island of Ceylon ; where it is common, 
and is called Kalu-kerenaka. 
YELLOW-BREASTED CRAKE. 
' (Ortygometra noveboraceusis.) 
On.Jusca, scapularibus marginejlavescentibus, pectore Jlavo, ab- 
domine albo. 
Brown Crake with the margins of the scapulars yellowish, the 
breast yellow, the abdomen white. 
