WATER-RAIL 



BILCOCK BROOK-RUNNER RUNNER. 



PLATE CLXXX. FIGURE III. 

 Rallus aquaticus t . . . . . LINNAEUS. 



THE nest of this species, which is built of sedge, flags, 

 and grass, is concealed among the thickest herbage ; 

 frequently in willow beds. Mr. Wolley mentions one which 

 was built upon rushes, floating on the water, and another 

 upon a clump close to its margin. 



The eggs are covered with small specks of greyish ash- 

 colour and reddish brown, on a dull cream-coloured white 

 ground ; some are almost spotless. They are from seven 

 to eleven in number. 



