fometimes takes wing, and continues a low whiftiing note 

 until the alarm has fubfided. 



It feeds on infe£ls, worms, aquatic feeds, and roots, and 

 may frequently after harveft be found in ftubble fields, picking 

 up fcattered grain ; at this time their flefh is well flavoured, 

 though at other feafons it is- frequently rank and fifhy. 



^iumbers of the young are deftroyed by the Moor Buzzard 

 and other fpecies of hawk, alfo by trout and pike ; when 

 taken young they foon become familiar, and will afTociate 

 with ducks, and readily attend them to the farmyard. Its 

 provincial names, are Moor-Hen, Moor-Coot^ Marfh-Hen^ 

 Cuddy^ and Water-Hen. 



