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on the upper parts of the plumage are dark brown, 

 edged with rust colour ; the wing-coverts and quills 

 are ot a deep chesnut ; the forepart of the neck and 

 breast are of a pale ash colour ; a streak of the same 

 colour extends over the eye ; the belly is yellowish- 

 white , the sides, thighs and vents are faintly marked 

 with rusty coloured streaks ; the legs are pale flesh 

 colour. 



The female lays 10 or 12 eggs, in a nest formed 

 of moss or dry grass, they are of a pale ash colour, 

 marked with rust coloured spots, the young ure co- 

 vered with a black down. 



The Corn Crake appears in spring, and leaves us 

 in autumn. 



2. CHLOROPUS. COMMON GALLINULE, OR 

 FULICA, LIN. MOOR-HEN. 



G. frontefulva, armillis rubris, corpore nigricante, 

 crisso albo. Lath. 



The bill is greenish yellow at the tip and reddish 

 at the base, and furnished with a callous protube- 

 rance on the forehead which is white except at the 

 breeding season, when it becomes blood red ; irides 

 are red, the head is black, except a white spot under 

 each eye ; the upper parts of the plumage are of 

 a dark olive green, inclining to brown ; the under 

 parts are deep lead colour ; the vent is black, tipped 

 with white ; the margin of the wing is white ; legs 

 deep green or yellowish. 



