. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . There is good reasonfor believing that this bird remains the whole year in idea is supported by the fact that Land-Rails, even ingood condition, as in harvest, are unequal for long flights, andon their first appearance in summer are so lean, and in such aweakly state, as to be unable to fly beyond a few yards. More-over, they have ne
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . There is good reasonfor believing that this bird remains the whole year in idea is supported by the fact that Land-Rails, even ingood condition, as in harvest, are unequal for long flights, andon their first appearance in summer are so lean, and in such aweakly state, as to be unable to fly beyond a few yards. More-over, they have never been observed taking their departure,as is the case with other birds of passage. Besides, we havethe positive proof, that they have been frequently seen hereduring winter. One was observed at Lopness, in December,181J3, and aiiother in Ronsay, in February, 1847 ; and uponseveral occasions, when digging up old turf-dykes, Land-Rails have been found in them in a torpid condition. Astill more extraordinary vidgar error is cherished in Ire-land, it being there, according to Mr. Thompson, believedthat the Corn Crake becomes a Water-Hen in winter. 535 CREX PORZANA. THE SPOTTED CRAKE. SPOTTED RAIL, SPOTTED SPOTTED WATER-HEN. Fig. 49. Rallus Porzana. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 262. Gallinula Porzana. Lath. Ind. Omith. II. 772. Spotted Gallmulo. Mont. Ornith. Diet, and Supplt. Poule-dcau Marouetto. Gallinula Porzana. Temm. Man. dOrn. II. G<S8. Gallinula Porzana. Spotted Gallinulc. Fleni. Brit. Anini. 99. Spotted Crake. Crex Porzana. Selby, lUustr. Brit. Ornith. II. 179. Crex Porzana. Spotted Crake. Jenyns, Brit. Ycrt. Anim. 219. Ortygometra Porzana. Bonap. Comp. List, 53. Length nine inches; hill along the ridge nine-twelfths;upper parts olivc-hroitm, ivith oblong black spots and numerouswhite species margined with black; those on the scapularsbeiiig linear and longitudinal, on the inner secondaries trans-verse; a greyish-blue band dotted with white over the eye;th
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