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1. Water. 
WATER RAIL. 
GENUS XI. 
RAIL. 
Brixu slender, a little compressed, and slightly 
incurvated. 
NostrRibs small. 
ToncGvueE rough at the end. 
Tai very short. 
Rallus aquaticus. R. alis gri- 
seis fusco maculatis, hypo- 
chondriis albo maculatis, 
rostro subtus fulvo. Lath. 
Ind. orn. 755. id. Syn. v. 
227. 
Le Rasle noir. Belen av. 112. 
Gallina cinerea (ashhunlin). 
Gesner av. 515. 
Ralla aquatica. Aldr. av. iii. 
179. 
Water-rail, Bilcock, or Brook 
Ouzel. Wil. orn. 314. 
Rait Syn. av. 113. 
THE Water Rail has a long slender body with. 
It delights less in flying) 
short concave wings. 
Wasser henn]. Kram. 848: 
Rallus aquaticus. Gm. Lin. 
712. 3 
Faun. Suec. sp. 195. 
Rallus aquaticus, le Rasle 
d’Eau. Brisson av: 151. tab. 
12. fig. 2, Hist. @ois. vill. 
154. Pl. Enl. 749. 
Scopoli, No. 155. 
Norvegis Vand-Rixe. Feroen- 
stbus Jord-Koene. Brunnich, 
193. 
~ Br. Zool. 130. E. E. 
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than running, which it does very swiftly along. 
the edges of brooks covered with bushes: as it ~ 
runs, eyery now and then it flirts up its tail; and, 
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