. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . >/■. Little CrakeWater Rail Spotted CrakeCorn Crake or Land-Rail S (/«^« P- 230. THE MOOR-HEN 33i thicket of weeds. A nest and eggs of this bird are thus describedin the Annals of Natural History : The bird had selected forher nest a thick tuft of long grass, hollow at the bottom, on theside of the reed pond; the nest, about an inch and a half thick,was composed of withered leaves and rushes; it was so coveredby the top of the grass, that neither bird, nest, nor eggs could beseen ; the entrance to the nest was through an aperture of thegras
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . >/■. Little CrakeWater Rail Spotted CrakeCorn Crake or Land-Rail S (/«^« P- 230. THE MOOR-HEN 33i thicket of weeds. A nest and eggs of this bird are thus describedin the Annals of Natural History : The bird had selected forher nest a thick tuft of long grass, hollow at the bottom, on theside of the reed pond; the nest, about an inch and a half thick,was composed of withered leaves and rushes; it was so coveredby the top of the grass, that neither bird, nest, nor eggs could beseen ; the entrance to the nest was through an aperture of thegrass, directly into the reeds, opposite to where any one wouldstand to see the nest. The number of eggs is about ten or note during breeding is a loud, groaning cro-o-o-an. THE MOOR-HEN GALLfNULA CHl6rOPUS Upper plumage deep olive-brown ; under tail-coverts and edge of the wingwhite, the former with a few black feathers ; under plumage slate colour,the flanks streaked with white ; base of the bill and a space on theforehead bright orange, point
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