THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
which has the appearance of being gathered up by the end, and carried in as 
far as the nest by the bird, where the end is tucked in, and the remaining 
part, which is generally long, left Ipng where the bird entered — by this 
means the track is formed. In the case of the Crake, she carries nothing for her 
stage, but simply makes use of the rushes and grass at hand, and with her 
fine long toes she must tread it into position.” 
The bird figured is a female, collected at Bungaree, Victoria, in May, 
1886 , by Mr. Edwin Ashby, who gave me the specimen. 
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