276 COMMON COOT. 



Corn Crake's eggs. They are buffish or creamy white 

 in ground colour, generally with a slight reddish tinge, 

 spotted and blotched with reddish brown and violet 

 grey. On some eggs the markings are much larger 

 and bolder than on others. 



COMMON COOT. 



FULICA ATRA. 



Family RALLID/E. Genus FULICA. 

 Bald Coot. 



The Coot is distributed throughout the British 

 Islands, but is not so common as the Water Hen. It 

 is a resident bird, but its numbers are increased in the 

 winter by large migrations. About two miles from 

 our home in Hampshire is a large piece of water, one 

 half open, the other half covered by a big bed of 

 reeds. On this piece of water quite a large number 



