GALLINULA PORZANA. (lath.) 

 Spotted Gallinule, Water Crake, 



Like the last, which it much resembles in habit, the Spot- 

 ted Gallitmle, makes its nest amongst rushes, in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of water ; it is composed of rushes and coarse 

 grasses, like that of the Water Hen ; the eggs are also very 

 similar to those of that bird ; they are from seven to ten in 

 number. — Fie. 3. 



