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food, and neceflary for their young. Now thefe 
can only be found in moift fituations; when 
Gallinules are grown up, corn and other grain 
feem to agree with them very well, they are fat- 
~ tened with them, and are very delicate food. 
They are fometimes decoyed to the net like the 
Quail, byi imitating their cry crake, crake, either by 
— fawing with a knife upon a bone that is notched, 
4 or ns of a comb covered with paper, 
‘Thefe birds are common in England ; in the 
_ fummer they are frequent in Ireland, in the, He- 
ae brides, and the Orkneys, They are always found 
in thofe places that are frequented by Quails ; 
when they firft arrive in England they are lean, 
and weigh Jefs than fix ounces; but before they 
: go away they weigh eight ounces, and the. fat 
comes through their fin like oil when they are 
- killed 
‘The Water Rail’s wings are grey, with dufky- 
fpots ; ; the fides of the body are barred with black 
and white ; the beak on the under part is red- 
dith the feet are greenifh, the feathers very foft, 
nd the irides are red, 
ney “he Water Rail runs by the fide of ftanding 
at 1S as faft as the Land Rail runs along the 
5 he is as apo to leave the ground, 



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