B il; C(/ul3r,
PORZANA PALMSTRIS, Gould.
W aiter Crake.
Porzana j a'ur'l 1« <.1S111 I’jit.'jf f lljjp k u c ' l',*rt X- P- 139-
'1 HIS little V Iff r ( m ^ vtaufil tpnear abundant ^P|nDiemen’s Land than on thdcontinent of
^^SKiiSmW^STlihoueli I iUvirl\ a~JIrtinildrtlut 7 u . udiyl) L ry, NI \. South Wales, it is not so numerous
thill A‘ p n j S j ,,r th’t iijh^uul^ I i « liuviatile, ajigtiierefore much less statable
ID it$lMbh<p lor. ji|J )h e Porzana fluminea,the pres£ntpj}^®'S?a natuxaV abode in morasses covered
with mils ind lusuri inr liming'1’ to tin, 'Inorc, dm e parts of which'it is exclusively confined
allthi'iilnr mi tiibi r- of\hi mis, tin present species swim-with great hu-iUly, Hid displays the same power
^ o rS in ^y t D wiiji )i It equally if-oits m JmioSjjjwu iji “iru jjd ^ ^ ttt 11 stjn 1 Sflullj iliulis the attacks of il|E
natural . in nuts, in idditioilfliwVinl‘ j ^ imffigili » nbt'ed tin 111 ils wir|)ri»reater%t e p hence, like
tlte last^fteeies it 1- -ildom t.fhi t unh’s jt h f f i Sti-M iigiluiu be exerted in’i-eareh
I am indebted te» th ejB^ 'T . J- Ewmg*qf Vw’Diemen’sIfeapd for the nest, and eggs of this ford; the
^fopjef is a fiai^fructujetornt^S' v a riti^ Sw ^ tf grasses,^ ^ the latter ige/four 0^ » in number,’ of a
nesEy unifarn#rownish olive, .a^ jit'Q n s^^ , in length by titeee'qmirters o£aiy
...Head and baeleofthe neck rnsty^|Bgn, evuli I'sui^HjUhl^i l»i^h->bi uyu doqrp'the centre of each feather;
festers of theromk, seapiiaries and ^ ^mdaries.la.^pX^ffiEsk* margined'v^tlt rusty brown, and with an
M m r stripe & k o f wdutefhi^rupted m %, luiddlojffih black; wiug-fijp^s.rustybrown, a few of
rliem^narl ud J ^ e iT ip n i r w b* Id|i prunarii s-broTOy^o' of.three of the ionermostwitb
a mark or marks of white at the |m|itail dark brpyn>, fringed with rusty>h|Pjy?g'^Sce, throat, chest and
part cf the abdomen grey-;,l0^er.part 'ofltKgjbaomen mid flanks blaokiiji grey, crossed by broad
s SSRHS bands of gre^^bflfahd feet qgferbrpwh.