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SPOTTED GALLINULE. — Crass IL 
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. 
