authors, whilst the. name Crie-x, o r rather Porzana» or Qhygometra,
may tt), tfretfS^ojct-Mlesdssi Rails, imprn|*e#y Tanked
‘by authors with fhdPGallinufes'. -*J. rsay. rather Porzamcc or- Ort§go-:
metraj bepau^e #ie<napfeiT»C£".might beSfcr©^|v’^4l< far a secondary
jgronp, instituted-for" the Gemgenake alojgg| QRaifys gt§x? an
European bird, whbse dry-tantfr hW)itl^^ctfflhijnnt frpm those of ‘
its*congeners/> bay$&£witb apparent^propriety, induced.; Bechstein
and ot&$*eCSci’•deyaad'.-SM!«' $hp fank of a| ^ l l i^ m s .i , |tg land
habits are-^^enuliaTj', res^irbjtln.g^tm^e-ift^^ji^f Gallinaceous
j^ d s* than pf .Wad^rsflthUt^twitE^tanding a pprf©^ ’similarity
of .conformationyuw-e -do not. h&wjti&ji tOn-gr-apt, it ., the rfi^nctio,a
of a ^seotiqw'lfoj itself, d lp ^ i ^ y »AS last, ^afteE^u'
minute examination^ abie‘t ^ ^ $ ^ t t a ^ ^ i t a p t& dnawn from.thS
Telpfcctive j t r o p o r f i p n s d b p > ‘a'nd!f tarsiis. ;iL^is§i|^ofy©yei>
t»h‘e result ofj^t^Wdinary pains. I ' M fe^Laitd | p |p |o f Europe
i^nd probably i®^i few anajbpbfts foreign s ^ e i^ ^ th e mi^dlCftoe^
•w^hojuh thjfhail' i|$fhorter than W^^mrsus,^wW|sb<i®. the Wat$r
'Orates it is longer., *Thy hind ?|^eiis also -and, rather
<moref eTeVated from "the ground . All tfcgf'q#iaer Rai|s »an,(lM|ffake&
;fee, -thofeb much' legs agnatic than the ISaflintd^vAgd Chester
^hyays Jound in mar ■'lies, amps, lakes, .and theiit reedy, margin^
fjor in-. their;'\»Moa.ty, and they e # n s wimJ-o c$ca s ion ally!, though not
habitually'. The Oftygorrw1$£j'qr ©Takes./ are again su-bdivided by
the mode|i English school inf» two .groups,- wjdcji tbey^feya%!.,%)
the dignity of genera* undeT-thi&.-names o‘fj>Grake and.Graker, but
||a which t-bey assign no Character. * jfef Ipasf JDr. L e ^ |, the
, author dfjth ©agents Zapornia, did ndt^as^Jfar as l femOjv, charac-
Heri^e thh group; iiar is my goad friend at jprO&ent able to
‘ point ,dfit the dtfferen&e. However this .may ‘be, the eddy species
..referred to ,it^® the -Europeap Tiallus pusilivs,vl..whilst its » d ^ e
. relative the pofzana, jancl evem»the JR. baillonii are left in Qrtygp-
, $ne!tra with the ittfonsisteimy ^ie