BRITISH BIRDS* 
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THE CORN-CRAKE. 
LAND RAIL, OR DAKER HEN. 
( Rallus-Crex , Lin . — Le Rale de genet * Buff.) 
Length rather more than nine inches : The 
bill is light brown ; the eyes hazel ; all the fea- 
thers on the upper parts of the plumage are of a 
dark brown, edged with pale ruft colour ; both 
wing coverts and quills are of a deep cheftnut ; the 
fore part of the neck and break is of a pale alh 
colour ; a Itreak of the fame colour extends over 
each eye from the bill to the fide of the neck ; 
the belly is of a yellowiih white ; the fides, thighs* 
and vent are faintly marked with rufty coloured 
Breaks ; the legs are of a pale Belli colour. 
We have ventured to remove this bird from the 
ufual place affigned to it among thofe to which it 
feems to have little or no analogy, and have placed 
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