RALLUS AQUATICUS, 
WATER RAIL. 
Generic Character, 
Bill rather long, flender, flightly compreffed and incur- 
vated. 
Noftrils fmall, pervious. 
Tongue rough at the tip. 
Toes long, three forwardj one backwardg divided to 
their bafe. 
Tail fhort. 
Synonyms. 
Rallus a^uaticus. Lin. Syft. i, p. 26a. 2. Ind. 
Orn. 2. p. 755. 1. 
Water Rail, Billockj Brook-Ouzel. Br. ZooL 
2. 214. tab. 75. lh,fol. 130. tab. E. 
Latb. Syn. ^,p.2.2'j. 1. Mont. Orn. 
T>i5i. vol. 2. Bewick's Br. Birds ^ Pt. 2* 
|). 28. 
JL H I S fpecies weighs about four ounces and a half, is 
twelve indies in length, and fixteen in breadth. Bill (lender j 
irides reddifh ; toes long, (lender, 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 fituations near water courfes, and 
in 
