HAIL, 



£27 



Rallus aquaticus, Lin, Syjl.. i. p. 262. 2. — Faun. Suec. N° 195.' — Scop. Ann. i. ,. 



N° 155.— Brun. N° igi.—Muller, N° zig.—Kram. El. p. 349. 2. •*- WATER RAIL. 



Le Rale d'Eau, Brif. Orn. v. p. 151. 1. pi. 12. fig. 2. — Buf. Oif. viii. 



p. 154. pi. 13— PI. Enl 749. 

 Gallinula ferica Gefneri, Rati Sjn. p. 114. 4? 

 Velvet Runner, Will. Orn. p. 315 ? 

 Water Rail, Bilcock, or Brook-ouzel, Raii Sjn. p. 113. A. 2. 190. iz. — ■ 



Will. Orn. p. 314. pi. 58. — Sloan Jam. p. 321. 16. — dlbin, i. pi. 77. — ■ 



Br. Zool. ii. N° 214. pi. 75. 



Br.MuJ. Le-v.Muf 



T ENGTH twelve inches: breadth fixteen: weightfour ounces Description. 



and a half. Bill an inch and three quarters ; colour dufky 

 black, at the bafe reddilh : irides red : all the upper parts are olive 

 brown"; the middle of each feather black: the under parts, from the 

 chin to the middle of the belly, afh-colour* : the lower belly, 

 thighs, and vent, the fame, with rufous edges : fides of the body 

 tranfverfely barred with black and white : quills dufky : under tail 

 coverts white : tail fhort, and black ; the tips of the two middle 

 feathers ferruginous; the others the fame on the margins : legs 

 dufky red : toes long, and divided to the bottom. 



This fpecies is fufficiently common in this kingdom ; but in Place and 

 the northern parts of it is only feen in winter. 



The egg is more than an inch and a half in length ; of a 

 pale yellowifh colour, marked all over with dufky brown fpots, 

 of nearly the fame fize, but irregular. 



It is found chiefly on the edges of ponds and rivulets well fur- 

 nifhed with cover, under which it may run for fhelter on the ap- 



* Brijfon obferves, that in fome birds the feathers on the fore part of the neck 

 are margined with white ; fuch I have feen, but fuppofe them to be young birds. 



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