OLIVACEOUS CRAKE. 
neck lighter, being of a yellowish-olive : the feathers 
of the back have a mixture of olive-brown and dusky 
black, the margins being mostly of the former colour, 
with paler edges : scapulars dusky black, with broad 
olive margins : coverts of the wings olive-brown : 
quills dusky, the outer webs edged with olive : rump 
and upper coverts of the tail very dark olive-brown, 
with a mixture of dusky black : the feathers of the 
tail are of a deep dusky brown, the shafts paler, and 
the lateral ones margined with olive-yellow : vent and 
under coverts of the tail dusky cinereous, some of the 
feathers deeply margined with sullied white : sides 
behind the thighs olive, slightly margined on the 
last : the legs, toes^ and knees olive." 
The above description was given by Montagu in the 
Appendix to the Supplement of his Ornithological 
Dictionary, from a specimen rescued from oblivion 
by Mr. Foljambe, who picked it up in a poulterer's 
shop early in the month of May, 1812, together with 
some other valuable birds, which had recently been 
received from the fens in Norfolk. He also mentions 
that another specimen was obtained by Mr. Plastead 
of Chelsea, that was shot on the banks of the Thames 
near that place, and at the same time. The two spe- 
cimens resembled each other in every respect. 
