@°ol-= BIR DS. 49. 
i perhaps, fifty fleps further off , it /i3 the Crake 
- Gallinule that makes this noife. This bird fel- 
dom takes to his wings to efcape, but runs very 
— fwiftly ; ; and as he pafles through the thick. gral, | 
leaves a remarkable track behind. 
The Crake Gallinule lays eight or ten epes; 
_ its neft is hid among the thick grafs, and very dif-_ 
ficult to find: it is carelefsly made of mofs, or 
_ dried grafs, and is generally placed in a little tuft 
of grafs. The young run fo foon as they are 
hatched, follow their mother, and never leave the 
_ meadow until the mowing feafon. The latter eggs 
are found by the mowers. The former brood 
_ immediately goes into the corn-fields. | 
“ When the fpaniel difcovers a Crake Gallinule, | 
: < it may be known by the eagernefs of his purfuit, 
and the number of falfe ftands that he makes; 
the bird fometimes remains ftill fo long as to be 
e caught by the dog. Often too he ftops fhort,. 
and. as the dogs follow eagerly, they fome- 
_ times pafs over him, and lofe the feent. ‘The 
 Gallinule takes the advantage of this miftake of - 
his enemy, and returns in the fame track to de-. 
ceive him. He does not ufe his wings, until 
the danger be very great ; he rifés high before he 
flies ftraight forwards, and flies heavily, but never 
very far. He is frequently feen to alight, but it 
fae é AS. 

