PORZANA FLUMINEA, Gmid.
Spotted Water Crake.
Porzamfuminea, (-.nulij'in Pjrojf'uf Znhl'Cisrx r*l’.ul
Tin^pecfes? hkerits representative u pfo: British' Tm j$ k (Rallus mrrnna. W & k inhabits morasses,
reed^feejs.'and the neighbourhood afSgyeri dcnhpil vvirh ilxu-c lx rb i_n Ajiuii e n is .i lilom to hi .cm unless
the greatest trouble and jatrij^bglpikeii to hunt it out; train"Lt^lnciuig-plat , i b t ^ ^ ^ n ’irrej tint of its',
bteast and under surface, a ml l/V irfk 1 barailt rs h\ ulm h n may at daeej^Ustinguished' from
the l‘.iiro|K iu ,^ ie s-r , ~‘s
The* Spotted Water Crake E- -HI inhabitant o] \ an Diemen’sTjaTid, South Australia and New South Wales,
to nliirli portions alia i| would- .vein to b ermnfW d jB lfe .s ta r in Australia waS too short to aflbrii
no oppnliunilus ol iluwu^blv lm is tijam g its hiibii'.’o r.id^tnlngj'aii) p r e c i s e r e s p e c t i n g its
nid^ymonjjba1 il iSnainr’il 10 .oppose that in these r y m ^ K a s closely as.i|Tiil,ne.‘,p vjis huropean ally
.Mmrlpctlitiliia.’sln^ijri .ind'ouin ini 'ppearance.
J,'£he'sexes/present so l^Sje’ differenc&an colour, fljathhey a,rVonhgto'be distinguished hv tBipiwM B K Bt
'vMl^tlie uppi r .iirfart olijt,’ with a broad stripe oj blackish brown down the centre and two oval spots of
swhm- 'fiomubiilV-ahini ind bell) iswitKlblack 'on the^tiargin.Qf«eaeli web of every feather j primaries and
seipopflaries-lirowI),; tail dark brown, margined an indication o f white spots on
thSlestreme, edge j face, throat, chest and upper papt of-phe abdomen dark slate-grey; lower part o f the
abdomen arid flanks .'greyish black, crossed by nirrowurcgul.iijbjji._rif; ihite; under tail-coverts whites' bill
orange-red at the base, aud dark olive-gre n lor I lie 'rt in unih r ut irA lcn.th f l e e t dark olivergreen.'
The figures are'of the natural size.