XXIX. 
THE WATER RAIL. 
This drawing is from a freshly killed specimen obtained in the neighbourhood ot 
Glasgow, in January, 1861 . 
On comparison it was found to differ from Yarrell’s description in the following 
particulars. — The beak, instead of being all red, had the top of the upper mandible 
nearly black, the rest red, the hides were » vermilion instead of hazel, there 
was a light mark on the under eye-lid ; and some of the . wing coverts (the 
spurious wing) were slate-grey barred with white, like the flanks. In all these 
points the bird agreed with Pennant’s description and plate. 
