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SPOTTED GALLINULE. Class II. 



xxxv. 



GALLI- 

 NULE. 



BILL thick at the bafe Hoping to the point, the 

 upper mandible reaching far up the forehead, 

 callous. 



WINGS fhort and concave. 



BODY comprefied. 



TOES long, divided to the origin. 



215. Spot- 

 ted. 



Gallinula ochra (Wynker- 

 nell). Gefner. av. 5 13. 



Porcellana, Porzana, Grug- 

 netto. Aldr. av. III. 181. 



Grinetta. Wil. orn.fp. 8. p. 



3*5- 



Raiijyn. a<v. \\$. fp. 7. 



Rallus aquat. minor, five 

 Maruetta, le petit Rafle 

 d'Eau, ou la Marouette. 



Brijfon civ. V. 155. tab. 13. 



As,- 1 - 



Couchouan ou Marouette. 



Argenv. Lithol. ^33. tab. 25, 

 Kleines gefprenkeltes WafTer- 



huhn. Frifcb, II. 211. 

 Rallus porzana. Lin, fyft. 



262. 

 Br. Zool. 130. 



THIS fpecies is not very frequent in Great Bri- 

 tain* and is laid to be migratory. Inhabits 

 the fides of fmall ftreams, concealing itfelf among 

 Descrip. the bufhes. Its length is nine inches ; its breadth 

 fifteen : its weight four ounces five drachms. 

 The head is brown, fpotted with black ; the neck 

 a deep olive, fpotted with white ; from the bill be- 

 yond the eyes is a broad grey bar : the feathers of 

 the back are black next their ihafts, then olive co- 

 lored, and edged with white: thefcapulars are olive, 



finely 



