. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . Spoonbill 3 Coot? Moor Hen. Bittern $ Ifacep. ZSH. THE COMMON COO* S33 adds that of perching on trees ; this it does habitually, as it roostsin low bushy trees ; and it has besides the power of wsdldng cleverlyalong the branches. In the neighbourhood of houses where it has long been undis-turbed, it loses much of its shy nature, and will not only allowitself to be approached within a short distance, but, becominghalf-domesticated, wUl consort with the poultry in the farm-yard,and come with them to be fed. It is fond also of visiting thekitchen
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . Spoonbill 3 Coot? Moor Hen. Bittern $ Ifacep. ZSH. THE COMMON COO* S33 adds that of perching on trees ; this it does habitually, as it roostsin low bushy trees ; and it has besides the power of wsdldng cleverlyalong the branches. In the neighbourhood of houses where it has long been undis-turbed, it loses much of its shy nature, and will not only allowitself to be approached within a short distance, but, becominghalf-domesticated, wUl consort with the poultry in the farm-yard,and come with them to be fed. It is fond also of visiting thekitchen-garden, where it is apt to make itself unwelcome, by help-ing itself to the tenderest and best of the vegetables. BishopStanley, in his entertaining Book on Birds, gives some highlyamusing anecdotes of the Gallinule. It builds its nest on the stump of a tree, or in a bush amongwet places, or in the roots of alders, but often it is placed on thelow-lying branch of a tree overhanging the water. The nest isa large structure, made of rushes and dry
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