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RALLUS AQUATICUS. 

 WATER RAIL. 



Generic Character. 



Bill rather long, (lender, {lightly compreffed and incur- 

 vated. 



Noftrils final], pervious. 

 Tongue rough at the tip. 



Toes long, three forward, one backward, divided to 



their bafe. 

 Tail fhort. 



Synonyms. 



Rallus aquaticus. Lin. Syfl. l.p. 262.. 2. hd. 



Qrn. 2. p. 755. 1. 

 -Water Rail, Billock, Brook-Ouzel. Br. Z00L 



2. 214. tab. 75. Ib.fol. 130. tab. E. E. 



Lath. Syn. 5. p. 227. 1. Mont. Orn. 



Dift. vol. 2. Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt. 2. 



p. 28. 



TTh I S fpecies weighs about four ounces and a half, is 

 twelve inches in length, and fixteen in breadth. Bill (lender; 

 irides reddilh ; toes long, flender, and divided to their origin ; 

 tail fhort, compofed of twelve feathers. The general colours 

 of both fexes are alike ; the bill in the male is near one third 

 longer, and is of a redder caft than that of the female. 



The Rail is pretty generally difperfed through this coun- 

 try, particularly in low wet filiations near water courfes, and 



, in 



