haillon's crake. 
(Ortygonietiu Baillouii.) 
Ob. rufo-ulivacea, subiiis cccndescois, dorso alisqiie albo macu- 
latis ; Iiijpochondriis abdominetectricibusqiie caudcc itifcrioribiis 
albo nigroque tran&versim Jasciatis. 
Olive-red Crake, beneath bluish, M'ith the back and wings spotted 
with white ; the flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts trans- 
versely striped with black and white. 
Poule d'eau Baillon. (Gallinula Baillonii.) Temm. mayi. d'Orn. 
2 Edit. ii. 692. 
Length near seven inches : the beak is deep green : 
irides reddisli : the throat, eyebrows, sides of the neck, 
breast, and belly, are bluish-grey, shaded on the sides 
of the body with olivaceous, and thickly spotted with 
white : the upper parts are olive-red, varied on the 
top of the head with black stripes : on the back and 
on all the wing-coverts are numerous white spots of 
various forms, all of which are surrounded with deep 
black : the sides, abdomen, and under tail-coverts are 
transversely rayed with broad bands of deep black 
and straight bands of pure white : the legs are flesh- 
colour. The female merely differs from the male in 
having the colours less brilliant and the spots paler. 
The young resemble the old in the colour of the 
upper parts ; but the throat and the middle of the 
belly are white, waved w ith grey and olivaceous zigzag 
lines : the sides are olivaceous, shaded with numerous 
pure white spots : the beak is brownish-green. 
This species greatly resembles the Little Craker, 
