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WATEK-RAIL. 



BILCOCK. BROOK-RUNNER. RUNNER. 



PLATE CLXXX. FIG. III. 



Sallus aquaficus, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



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

 is abstrusely 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 ten in number. 



