Family FULICIDAE. 



Gallinula chloropus (L.) — Moor-Hen. 



(Plates 131-132, fig. a-f). 

 (Snouckaert: Avifauna Neerlandica, p. 89, No. 208). 



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greyish or brownish yellow. 



brownish red ; underlying spots show through 

 violet. 



40.7 X 29 millimetres. 



1.8 grams. 



rather finely granulated. 



mostly ovoidal. 



consists of reeds or reed-grasses; the trce- 

 nests of twigs and stalks, covered with 

 dry leaves. 



in, or in the immediate vicinity of water, 

 among reed-grasses, on stumps of willows, 

 alders or ash-trees, sometimes at a fairly 

 considerable height; also in liawthorns, 

 hedges, etc. 



8-10. 



mid-May, June, July. 



about 21 days. 



For meritorious Nozeman, who describes 

 t7;/o/o/)U.<;-cggs shortly as „white", the 

 saying „(]uandoque bonus dormitat Homc- 

 rus" may obtain. 



