GALLINULA CREX. 
CRAKE GALLINULE, or CORN CRAKE. 
Generic Character. See Gallinula chloropus. 
Gallinula Crex; corpora supra grisea pennis medio 
nigricantibus^ alis rufo-ferrugineis^ subtus 
albo rufescente. 
Crake Gallinule. Body above ferruginous, with a 
mixture of greyish ash colour, centre of 
each feather blackish ; wings bright fer- 
ruginous ; beneath reddish white. 
Gallinula Crex. Lath Ind. Orn. v. 2. p. 766. 
Rallus Crex. Lin. Syst, v. 1. p. 261. Gmel. Syst. 
V. 2, p. 71 1. 
Ortygometra. Rail Syn. p. 58. Will. p. 122. 
Porphyrio Rufescens. Briss. v. 5. p. 533. 
Rale de Genet^ ou Roi des Cailles. Rtiff^. Hist. 
dVis. t;. 8. p. 146. lb. PL Enl. 750. 
Poule-d'eau de Genet. Temm. Man. d'Orn. ed. 2. 
p. 686. 
Crake Gallinule. Br. Zool. ^vo. ed. v. 2. p. 119. 
Arct. Zool. V. 2. p. 412. Lath. Si/n. v. 5. 
p. 250. Leimn Br. Birds, v. b. t. 190, 
Don. Br. Birds, v. 5. t. 1 16. Mont. Orn. 
Diet. 
Corn Crake. Bewick's Br. Birds, pt. 1. p. 308, 
Land Rail. Low Fauna Orcadensis, p. 94. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. pt. 2. 
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JL HIS species measures nine inches and a half in length, 
and nearly sixteen in breadth ; and weighs from six to eight 
ounces. The colour of the sexes are alike ; but those of the 
female are rather duller. 
