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samite, and I don't see why the French shouldn't 

 call this bird Poule de Sole, instead of by their 

 •-' present ugly name — more objectionable on all 

 grounds, of sense, scholarship, and feeling, 

 than the English one. But see the next 

 species. 



153. XII.A. 



PULLA AQUATICA. WATER HEN. 



There seems so much confusion in the 

 minds, or at least the language, of ornitholo- 

 gists, between the Water Rail and Water 

 Hen, that I give this latter bird under the 

 number XII.A. rather than XIII., (which 

 would, besides, be an unlucky number to end 

 my Appendix with) ; and it would be very 

 nice, if at all possible or proper, to keep these 

 two larger dabchicks connected pleasantly 

 in school-girl minds by their costumes, and 

 call one 'Silken Runner,' and this, — which, 

 as said above, Gesner seems to mean, Velvet 

 Runner, or Velvet Hen. — Poule de Soie or 

 Poule de Velours ? I am getting a little 

 confused myself, however, I find at last, 

 between Poules, Poussins, Pullets, and Pullas ; 

 and must for the present leave the matter 



