LITTLE CRAKE 



OLIVACEOUS CRAKE LITTLE GALLINULE DWARF RAIL. 



PLATE CLXXX. FIGURE I. 



Porzana parva, .... DRESSER. 



Crex fusilla^ .... SELBY. JENYNS. 



Gallinula minuta, . . . MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



THE nest of this rare visitant from the Continent, which 

 is of considerable size, is usually placed in a tuft of 

 rushes or on the stalks of other aquatic plants bent down 

 and intermingled with grass, the adjoining materials of the 

 like kind being drawn towards it. 



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

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

 or yellowish colour, spotted with darker brown. 



The young run out of the nest very soon after being 

 hatched. 



