484 



RAIL 



Class 15. 



XXXIV. 

 RAIL. 



BILL (lender 7 . a little comprefled, and (lightly 



incurvated. 

 NOSTRILS fmall. 

 TONGUE rough at the end. 

 TAIL very fhorr. 



214, 



Water. Le RaOe noir. Belon a<v. 112. 

 Gallina cinerea (aihhunlin). 

 Gefner ai>. 515. 



Ralla aquatica. Aldr. a-v. 



III. 179. 

 Water-rail, Bilcock, or Brook 



Ouzel. Wil. cm. 314. 

 Rail fyn. av. 1 13. 

 Waller hennl Kram, 348. 



Rallus aquaticus. Lin. fyjl. 



262. 

 Faun. Suec.fp. 195. 

 Rallus aquaticus, le Rafle 



d'Eau- Brijfonan). i^i.taB. 



\z.fig.z. Scopoli, No. 155. 



Norvegis Vand-Rixe. Feroen- 



fibus Jord-Koene. Brunnhh^ 



193. 

 j?r. Zw/. .130. 



Descrip. 



THE water rail is a bird of a long (lender 

 body, with fhort concave wings. It delights 

 lefs in flying than running-, which it docs very fwiftly 

 along the edg;es of brooks covered with bufhes : as 

 it runs, every now and then flirts up its tail ^ and in 

 flying hangs down its legs : actions it has in com- 

 mon with the water hen. 



Its weight is four ounces and a half. The length 

 to the end of the tail twelve inches : the breadth 

 fixteen. The bill is (lender, flightly incurvated, 

 one inch three quarters long : the upper mandible 

 black, edged with reds the lower orange colored: 



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