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RALLID^l. 



white ; breast and sides ash-grey, tinged with brown ; 

 the belly paler ; the flanks streaked with yellowish brown ; 

 under tail-coverts cream-yellow ; upper parts dark grey, 

 tinged with oil-green ; beak and legs dull green ; the 

 frontal patch small, and partly concealed by feathers. 



The Rev. Mr. Lubbock mentions a curious variety of 

 the Moor-hen, in which the back and wings were mottled 

 with white. 



The vignette represents the breast-bone of the Moor-hen 

 of the natural size, in two points of view, one from the 

 side, the other as seen from below ; the latter serves to 

 illustrate the flattened form of the body which belongs 

 to the Crakes, Gallinules, and Bails. 



