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LITTLE CRAKE. 



OLIVACEOUS CRAKE. LITTLE GALLINULE. 

 DWARF KAIL. 



PLATE CLXXX. — FIG. I. 



Crex pusilla, .... Selby. Jentns. 



Gallinula minuta, .... Montagu. Bewick. 



Gallinula pusilla, . . . Fleming. 



Zapornia pusilla, .... Gould. 



Hallus pusillus, .... Latham. 



NiDiFiCATiON commences at the end of INIay or be- 

 ginning of June. 



The nest, of considerable size, is placed either in a 

 tuft of rushes or upon the water itself, supported in 

 the latter case on the stalks of rushes or other aquatic 

 plants bent down and intermingled with grass, the 

 adjoining materials of the like kind being drawn in a 

 hood-like manner over it. 



The eggs are from seven or eight to ten in number, 

 smooth, without much polish, and of a light olive brown, 

 or yellowish or greenish white colour, spotted with darker 

 brown. 



The young run out of the nest almost directly after 

 being hatched. 



The figure on the plate is from an eg^ brought 

 from Hungary, and now in the possession of the Rev. 

 H. B. Tristram, Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden. 



