HE BIRDS OF BRECONSHIRE. 107 
it must not be forgotten that the colour 
of the eyes and legs often assimilate the 
adult Moorhen having a vein of red just 
where the feathers cease on the leg. 
Hawks too have generally yellow legs 
and yellow eyes, and there are many 
other birds where the colour of the eye 
and leg is nearly the same. Like 
all the Crakes, it is very difficult to 
flush the second time, but dogs hunt 
it with the same eagerness that they do 
the Water Rail. It has been killed on 
some of the bogs near Cray, and its 
nest and eggs have been taken on the 
Trath, near Brecon. Sir John Dilwyn 
Llewelyn tells me that in the fall of 
the year he can at any time move three 
or four in some bogs in Glamorganshire. 
Of course, as in the process of time 
many of our larger bogs are drained, the 
area used by this bird must necessarily 
get smaller until it ultimately has no 
place to breed, but I hope that the 
county will yet afford this graceful and 
elegant little visitor a safe breeding place 
for many a year. May not its exceeding 
rarity in many parts of England arise 
from this cause ? ‘The late Rev. Mr. 
Marsh, who has one of the finest col- 
