Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]