fla. 



THE MOOE, OE WATEE HEN. 



GaUinnla chloropus. 

 Fulica ,, 



HIS bircHs, in certain localities, 

 to be found in considerable 

 numbers, and is generally well 

 known throughout England. 

 It is known in many localities 

 as the Wa ter Hen , and has also 

 some other local names that 

 are now obsolete. 



Although dubbed "Moor- 

 hen, these birds will be more 

 generally found frequenting 

 the sides of rivers, streams, 

 lakes, ponds, and such moats 

 or ditches as supply food, 

 or the protection of rushes, 

 reeds, or sedge, and again even 

 osiers and brushwood. There- 

 fore it is that these birds 

 prefer slow rivers, or those 

 that may be dammed up by 

 " lashers " or locked, and where 

 reeds and rushes abound. 



It is extremely interesting 

 to watch the facility with 



