Ord: XIII. 

 Grallatores, 

 Telradactylce. 



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 LXX.RALLUS.i.v,. LXXI. GaLLINULA. Lath. 



225 sp. Kallus aquaticus. Lin. The Water-rail. 



Nest. May — June, in wet meadows, and marshy places. 



Eijgs. 6-10, reddish wh'te, sparingly spotted and blotched with ash-grey, and with reddish 

 brown, chiefly at the larger end. 



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225 3 



225 



226 sp. t Gallinula crex. Lath. The Land-rail. 



Crex 2)ratensis. Bechst. 



Nest. May — June, in meadows and corn-fields. 



Egfjs. 8-13, reddiah or greenish white, blotched especially at the larger end, with ash-grey 

 and reddish brown. 



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226 «> 



226 c 



