British zoology . .\^\.tab. 12. fig. 2. Scopoli, No 15 5n Ncrvegis Vand-Rixe. Feroen- Jibus Jord-Koene. Brunnich) 193-Br. Zool. 130. De scrip. THE water rail is a bird of a long flenderbody, with fhort concave wings. It delightslefs in flying than running; which it does very fwiftlyalong the edges of brooks covered with bufhes: asit runs, every now and then flirts up its tail; and inflying hangs down its legs: actions it has in com-mon with the water hen. Its weight is four ounces and a half. The lengthto the end of the tail twelve inches: the breadth,fixteen. The bill is flender, flightly inc

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British zoology . .\^\.tab. 12. fig. 2. Scopoli, No 15 5n Ncrvegis Vand-Rixe. Feroen- Jibus Jord-Koene. Brunnich) 193-Br. Zool. 130. De scrip. THE water rail is a bird of a long flenderbody, with fhort concave wings. It delightslefs in flying than running; which it does very fwiftlyalong the edges of brooks covered with bufhes: asit runs, every now and then flirts up its tail; and inflying hangs down its legs: actions it has in com-mon with the water hen. Its weight is four ounces and a half. The lengthto the end of the tail twelve inches: the breadth,fixteen. The bill is flender, flightly incurvated,one inch three quarters long: the upper mandibleblack, edged with red^ the lower orange colored: the Mi. rxx\\ JW<414. CRAKE aALliI^UIiE. 2P? 21/)•;

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