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]