MOOR-HEN. 



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From the carpal joint to the end of the wing six inches and 

 three-quarters. 



The young are at first covered Avith black hairy down. 

 Their after-plumage is described by Mr. Selby as white on 

 the throat ; front and cheeks a mixture of brown and white ; 

 breast and sides ash-grey, tinged with brown ; the belly 

 paler ; the flanks streaked with yellowish brown ; under tail- 

 coverts cream-yellow ; upper parts dark grey, tinged with 

 oil-green ; beak and legs dull green ; the frontal patch small, 

 and partly concealed by feathers. 



The vignette represents the breast-bone of the Moor-hen 

 of the natural size, in two points of view, one from the side, 

 the other as seen from below ; the latter serves to illustrate 

 the flattened form of the body which belongs to the Crakes, 

 Gallinules, and Rails. 



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