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LITTLE CRAKE. 



OLIVACEOUS CRAKE. LITTLE GALLINULE. DWARF RAIL. 

 PLATE CLXXX. FIGURE I. 



Crex pttsilla, SELBY. JF.NYNS. 



Gallinula minute, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Gallinula pitsilla, FLEMING 



Zapornia pusilla, GOULD. 



Rallns pusilliis, LATHAM. 



"TVTIDIFICATION commences at the end of May or 

 -L ^ beginning of June. 



The nest, of considerable size, is placed either in 

 a tuft of rushes or upon the water itself, supported in 

 the latter case on the stalks of rushes or other aquatic 

 plants bent down and intermingled with grass, the 

 adjoining materials of the like kind being drawn in a 

 hood-like manner over it. 



The eggs are from seven or eight to ten in 

 number, smooth, without much polish, and of a light 

 olive brown, yellowish, or greenish white colour, spotted 

 with darker brown. 



The young run out of the nest almost directly 

 after being hatched. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg brought 

 from Hungary, and now in the possession of the Rev. 

 H. B. Tristram, Perpetual Curate of Castle Eden. 



