. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 2^ 308 BRITISH THE CORN-CRAKE. LAND RAIL, OR DAKER HEN.(^Rallus-CreXf Lin.—Le Rale de Genet, Buff.) Length rather more than nine inches. The bill islight brown •, the eyes hazel; all the feathers on the up-per parts of the plumage are of a dark brown, edged withpale rust colour; both wing coverts and quills are of adeep chesnut; the fore part of the neck and the breastare of a pale ash colour ; a streak of the same colour ex-tends over each eye from the bill to the side of the neck ;the belly is of a yellowish white ; the si
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . 2^ 308 BRITISH THE CORN-CRAKE. LAND RAIL, OR DAKER HEN.(^Rallus-CreXf Lin.—Le Rale de Genet, Buff.) Length rather more than nine inches. The bill islight brown •, the eyes hazel; all the feathers on the up-per parts of the plumage are of a dark brown, edged withpale rust colour; both wing coverts and quills are of adeep chesnut; the fore part of the neck and the breastare of a pale ash colour ; a streak of the same colour ex-tends over each eye from the bill to the side of the neck ;the belly is of a yellowish white ; the sides, thighs, andvent are marked with faint rusty-coloured bars : thelegs are of a pale flesh colour. We have ventured to remove this bird from the usualplace assigned to it among those to which it seems toliave little or no analogy, and have placed it amongothers, to which, in most respects, it bears a strong affi-nity. It makes its appearance about the same time as theQuail, and frequents the same places, whence it is called,in some countries, the King of the Quails. Its wel
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