. Illustrations of ornithology . ut on examination possesses all the characters ofthe true Crex of Bechstein. We are ignorant of the manners of this species,no remarks having accompanied the specimens from Dr Such. The wholegenus delight in low and moist me? iows; but some of the species are cer-tainly more truly aquatic than the others. Our present species is furnish-ed with a strong deep bill. The legs are proportionally rather short, andas a whole it possesses no characters decidedly marked as adapted for ei-ther mode of living. The prevailing colour of the upper parts is yellowishoil-green
. Illustrations of ornithology . ut on examination possesses all the characters ofthe true Crex of Bechstein. We are ignorant of the manners of this species,no remarks having accompanied the specimens from Dr Such. The wholegenus delight in low and moist me? iows; but some of the species are cer-tainly more truly aquatic than the others. Our present species is furnish-ed with a strong deep bill. The legs are proportionally rather short, andas a whole it possesses no characters decidedly marked as adapted for ei-ther mode of living. The prevailing colour of the upper parts is yellowishoil-green, the centre of each feather deep brownish-black. The underparts are pale bluish ash-grey, with the exception of the throat, which ispure white: the feathers covering the thighs are of a darker shade, andare barred with white. The wings are furnished with a slight spur at theend, a structure common to many of this genus, and also to the adjoininggroups of the Gallinules and true Rails. The bill and legs are yellowish-green. -K).. <cj /r/////fr/ 40.
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