water-hen

And not a bird was seen or heard, neither rail nor water-hen, wag-tail nor reed-warbler.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

Their place on the water had been taken by a small fleet of ducks, mostly white Aylesburys, but with a visiting mallard in convoy, and one water-hen.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

Their place on the water had been taken by a small fleet of ducks, mostly white Aylesburys, but with a visiting mallard in convoy, and one water-hen.

Rose cottage Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1997

The males of the white and black water-hen have tails something like those of a pheasant.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

The black and white long-toed water-hen continues plentiful: when alarmed by kites, etc. it pursues them uttering a low mournful scream, until it has succeeded in getting its enemy off to some distance; it then returns,

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

After you have duly admired and examined snipe, pigeon, quail, and water-hen, your friend again rummages in the depths of his _gibecière_, and pulls out -- what?

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

Heron, kestrel, coot, water-hen, he had already added to his list of birds seen, and just before meeting those racing boats he had seen a bird with two tufts sticking out from the top of its head, and only its slim neck showing above the water.

Coot Club Ransome, Arthur 1934

'No wind,' said Starboard, looking up the river on which the only ripple was made by a water-hen swimming across.

Coot Club Ransome, Arthur 1934

The little black water-hen came out of the river and they fed it.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

And he himself followed the little black water-hen who showed him all the shallow places in the river so that he crossed with the water never above his waist.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926