. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . ^r. WATER-RAIL. 217 Man. Brit. B. p. 501 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. XX. (1891); SharpC; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 20(1894). {Plate CXVI.) Adult Male in Summer Plumage.—General colour above olive-brown, broadly streaked with black, the feathers being alllongitudinally centred with black, the rump more uniformolive-brown ; the upper tail-coverts centred with black like theback; wing-coverts and inner secondaries like the back; theouter coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and wing blackish-brown, quite uniform, or slightly washed wit
. Hand-book to the birds of Great Britain . ^r. WATER-RAIL. 217 Man. Brit. B. p. 501 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Brit. XX. (1891); SharpC; Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 20(1894). {Plate CXVI.) Adult Male in Summer Plumage.—General colour above olive-brown, broadly streaked with black, the feathers being alllongitudinally centred with black, the rump more uniformolive-brown ; the upper tail-coverts centred with black like theback; wing-coverts and inner secondaries like the back; theouter coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and wing blackish-brown, quite uniform, or slightly washed with olive externally;the first primary pale brown along the outer web; tail-feathersblackish, externally olive-brown; crown of head and hind-necklike the back, more minutely streaked with black; a broadeyebrow, sides of face, and under surface of body dark slatygrey, with a slight dusky shade on the lores and region of theeye ; throat and fore-neck rather lighter grey than the breast;sides of upper breast olive-brown, centred with black like t
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