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Porzana maruetta

Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zo["o]l.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake ( Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]

Porzana maruetta

Water crake \Wa"ter crake`\ (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The dipper.

  2. The spotted crake ( Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake.

  3. The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia.