porzana maruetta

Skitty \Skit"ty\, n. [Cf. Skittish.] (Zool.) A rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (Porzana maruetta), and the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Water crake \Wa"ter crake`\ (Zool.) (a) The dipper. (b) The spotted crake (Porzana maruetta). See Illust. of Crake. (c) The swamp hen, or crake, of Australia. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]