CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE WATERHENS. 



IF you see a bird like a long-legged chicken, with 

 its tail stuck 

 up and its 

 head nod- 

 ding at every 

 stride, and it 

 skulks away 

 and d i s- 

 appears i n 

 a hedge, or 

 among the 

 grass and 

 rushes on the 

 margin of a 

 pond, then 

 that is a 

 Waterhen. 

 There are 

 many kinds 

 in India, 

 including 

 the British 

 M oorhen , 



and several of them are likely enough to be found 

 in Bombay, but they are great skulkers and do 

 not willingly give you a good view. There is 



White-breasted Waterhen. 



