. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ,arched, much rounded, of twelve very weak, narrow, roundedfeathers. The Crakes inhabit meadows, corn-fields, marshes, andin general places covered with a rank growth of gramineaeand cyperacese, among which they conceal themselves. Theyrun with great speed, but seldom rise on wing, unless closelypursued, when they fly off in a heavy manner, wit
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ,arched, much rounded, of twelve very weak, narrow, roundedfeathers. The Crakes inhabit meadows, corn-fields, marshes, andin general places covered with a rank growth of gramineaeand cyperacese, among which they conceal themselves. Theyrun with great speed, but seldom rise on wing, unless closelypursued, when they fly off in a heavy manner, with their legsdangling. Their food consists of worms, mollusca, insects,and seeds. Most of them swim and dive with ease, but some,and especially our common species, confine themselves to dryplaces. They nestle on the ground, forming a shallow cavity, in aplace overshadowed by herbage. The nest is large, and rudelyconstructed. The eggs are numerous, oval, light coloured,dotted, spotted, or freckled with darker. Four species occur in Britain, but of these three are veryrarely met with, while the other, the Corn Crake, is generallydistributed and familiarly known. 527 CREX PRATENSIS. THE CORN CRAKE LAND RAIL. LAND-HEN. DAKER-HEN. CORN CRAKER. Fig. 48. Rallus Crex. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 261. Gallinula Crex. Lath. Ind. Om. II. 766. Crake Gallinule. Mont. Orn. Diet. Poule-deau de Genet. Gallinula Crex. Temm. Man. dOrn. II. 686. Ortygometra Crex. Corn Crake. Flem. Brit. Anim. 98. Meadow or Corn Crake. Crex pratensis. Selb. Illustr. II. 176. Crex pratensis. Corn Crake. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 217. Crex pratensis. Bonap. Comp. List, 53. Plumage of the upper parts dull yellowish-red, streakedwith brownish-black; wing-coverts light red; sides of the headgrey ; lower parts pede reddish; lower tving-coverts, axillaries,and sides, light red, barred with white. Male.—The Corn Crake, which although it rarely comesunder the observation of unprofessional admirers of nature, isyet familiarly
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