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departs with them, and lives solitary in the same 

 situations, which has caused the belief that it con- 

 ducts them. Its food is grains, and also insects and 

 worms. The Gallinule Crex^ Lath. Ortygonoetra 

 CreXy Steph., and Crex PratensiSf Bechst., the 

 Land Hen of Willoughby ; Draken Hen or Rail of 

 Albin. When young, Fulica NcBvia, Gmel. Small 

 Water Hen, Albin. t. 74. 



Spotted Gallinule^ Lath. Rallus Porzana, L, Enl. 

 751. Frisch. 211. Naum. 31. f. 42. 



Deep-brown ; painted with white ; sides striped 

 with whitish. Remains near ponds, and makes its 

 nest with rushes, something in the form of a small 

 boat, which it attaches to some stem of a reed. It 

 swims and dives very well, and does not quit us but 

 in the depth of winter. 



This is the Ortygonoetra Marmorata, Leach. 



We have, moreover, in Europe, two rails with 

 short bills ; smaller than the last. 



BaiUon Crake, Rallus Baillioni, Vieill. Diet. 



Top of head and occiput, black and red ; brownish- 

 red, above, varied occasionally with black spots ; tail, 

 cunieform. The Gallinula Stellaris, Tern. Mss. 



Dwarf Gallinule, Lath. R. Pttsillus, Naum. 32, 

 F. 43. 



Face, foreneck to middle of breast, blue-grey ; chin, 

 white; all the upper parts, black, mixed with fer- 



