From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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">skitty coot); the spotted crake ({Porzana maruetta), and
the moor hen. [Prov. Eng.]
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