118 SPOTTED GALLINULE. Class II. 



black; the neck a deep olive, spotted with 

 white ; from the bill beyond the eyes is a broad 

 grey bar; the feathers of the back are black 

 next their shafts, then olive-colored, and edged 

 with white; the scapulars are olive, finely 

 marked with two small white spots on each 

 web ; the legs of a yellowish green. 



" The spotted gallinule appears to be more 

 plentiful in the southern parts of this kingdom. 

 Is solitary except in the breeding season ; makes 

 a nest of rushes matted together, and fixed to a 

 reed, and lays seven or eight white eggs. It 

 inhabits the same places as the Crake Gallinule, 

 but is less common. Observed in Indian draw- 

 ings. J. L. 



