LITTLE CRAKE. 
339 
The head and upper parts are oil-green, and on 
the middle of the back, as in the last, there is a 
patch of white, varied by black ; there are also white 
markings on the scapulars, but “ never on the wing- 
coverts the lower parts bluish-grey ; on the vent 
darker and crossed -with white ; bill, legs, and feet, 
deep green, the former, according to Mr. Yarrell, 
red at the base. 
