BIRDS. GRALLJE. 62. RaUus. 42^ 
feathers, 3 inches long, forming a pendent crtil , tcH of the 
neck covered wltli thick black down; body brown; mngi 
and tail blackifh ; wing-Jpurs 2 or 3, half an inch long , 
kelly light black ; thighs half bare ; tots fo long as to en- 
tangle each other in walking. 
Blackifh -blue ; back and wings brown; eyebrows white ; 
a red fpot at the gape pt the mouth. Indian J. 
Inhabits niarHies of India, and builds a floating neff. 
iltffycllotv, thebafe above blueifh ; leg^ ycllowilb-browri. 
62. RALLUS. Bill thickifh at the bafe, at- 
tenuated on the back towards the tip, 
compreffed, a little incurved, pointed : 
tongue rough at the tip : body coniprel- 
fed : tail Ihort : jeet 4-tQed cleft. 
Rail. 
^^ings reddifh-rufly. Crake, ^an • 
laliabits fedgy places of Europe and Ajia : p f inches long ; 
migrates; runs fwiftly along the grafs, but flies how y, wi 
its long feet hanging down; feeds ott feeds and in ^ > an 
grows prodigiouily fat ; its note is havfli, refcm mg 
words crek, erd, whence its name ; lays i 2 — 1 6 eggs in le 
.dry grafs, of a dirty- white colour, with a few yellow fpots ; 
flefh very excellent. p , , , 
m and legs brown-afh ; irids hazel ; feathers of he body 
reddifh-brown, the tipper ones black m the middle , chin 
very pale ; belly whitifh-yellow. _ j . 
kufous^brown, beneath paler ; wings and tail deeper ; 
chin and vent white ; legs dulky-red. 
Inhabits Jamaica. Sdl larger, black. 
5 - Reddifh-grey, beneath and wing-coverts rufty-brown. 
Inhabits China. Legs dufky. 
^ings grey, fpotted with brown ; flanks fpotted 
white ; bill orange beneath. Brook-ouzel. IVater • 
Inhabits watery places in Europe and Afia; 12 irichcs ■ 
hides itfclf among the fedges; runs and fwiins with celwty, 
but flies heavily with its legs lunging down ; * 56 ^ ’ 
with dufky-brown fpots. , , . . 
Bill black, reddifh at the bafe ; irids red ; feathers of the up- 
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