(MARKED CRAKE.)
+Zapornia notata+, _Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle_, iii. p. 132, pl.
xlviii. (La Plata). +Porzana notata+, _Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p.
140; _iid. P. Z. S._ 1868, p. 456; _Sclater, P. Z. S._ 1876, p.
255.
_Description._--Above dark olive-brown, with small white spots:
beneath black, barred across with white: whole length 5·5 inches,
wing 3·0, tail 1·3.
_Hab._ Argentina and Patagonia.
The type specimen of this little Crake was obtained during the voyage of
the 'Beagle,' on board the ship, when in the Rio Plata. Another specimen
was captured off the coast of Uruguay and brought alive to England in
1876. An example of the same species in the Paris Museum was procured by
d'Orbigny in Patagonia.