| 21 Pectoral Rail 22 Australian Spotted Crake 26 Black Moor-Hen | 27 Bald Coot 30 Hoary-headed Grebe 67 Crested Tern | 71 White-faced Ternlet 72 Silver Gull 73 Pacific Gull |
23 Australian Little Crake, P. palustris, A. =vt. Eur. Little Crake.
Stat. r. river, reed-beds 6
Upper rusty-brown; throat, breast gray; crown blackish; flanks, lower-abdomen barred black, white; swims, dives; f., sim. Water-animals.
24 Spotless Crake (Leaden, Tabuan), Swamp-Rail, Little Swamp-Hen, Putoto, P. plumbea, Philippines to A., N. Heb., N. Cal., Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, N.Z., Chatham Is.
Stat. c. reed-beds 6.3
Upper reddish-brown; under dark slate-gray; throat whitish; eyes pink; f., young sim. Water-animals.