144 love's meinie. 



6. Voice. A sharp, short cry, not conceived 

 by me enough to spell any likeness of it. 



7. Temper. Gentle, passing into stupid, (it 

 seems to me) ; one, in meditative travel, lets 

 itself be knocked down by a gardener with his 

 spade. 



8. Nest. Little said of it, the bird breeding 

 chiefly in the North. Among marshes, it is 

 of weeds and grass ; but among icebergs, of 

 what ? 



9. Eggs. Pear-shape; narrow ends to- 

 gether in nest ; never more than four. 



10. Brood. No account of. 



11. Feathers. Mostly grey, passing into 

 brown in summer, varied with white on 

 margin. Reddish chesnut or bay bodice — 

 well oiled or varnished. 



12. Uses. Fortunately, at present, un- 

 known. 



V. 



RALLUS AQUATICUS. WATER-RAIL. 



ii6. Thus far, we have got for re- 

 presentatives of our dabchick group, eight 

 species of little birds — namely, two Torrent- 

 ouzels, three Lily-ouzels, one Grebe, and two 



