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Porphyrio alleni Thompbon. Allen's Gallinule. 



o '? Above olive green, head blackish, shadiiii,^ into reddish 

 blue of neck and underparts ; under tail coverts white. Iris 

 bluish red. Bill red. Frontal shield dark greenish blue. Legs 

 and feet brownish red. Wing (^ 160-170, 9 M5-'55- Tarsus 

 50-55. Bill from end of frontal shield 36-44 (H.). 



An African breeding species which has occasionally occurred, 

 chiefly in autumn and winter, in various parts of S. Europe and 

 N. Africa, <?.,^., Alexandria (i), Sicily (2), Italy (2), Azores (several), 

 Madeira (i), Spain (i), Morocco (i), Tunis (i), England (i). 



PULICA. 



Toes lobed ; middle toe and claw longer than tarsus ; 

 frontal shield present; nest Ijulky, floating among reeds; 

 eggs yellowish grey, spotted and marked brown. 



Fulica atra atra L. Coot. Fr. Foulque ; Ger. Blasshuhn ; 

 //a/. Folaga ; Swcd. Sothona. 



(^ 9 General colour slaty black, lighter beneath ; tips of 

 secondaries whitish. Iris red. Bill and frontal shield white. 

 Bare part of tibia orange. Legs and feet bluish grey, on sides 

 of tarsus greenish yellow. Wing 198-215. Tarsus 56-60. Bill 

 from feathers at side of shield 33-36. 



AV^i'^j.— Iceland (occasional), British Isles, Continental Europe 

 from 70° in Norway, 61° in Sweden, Finland and N. Russia, and 

 about 57° in Urals, south to Mediterranean and its Islands ; 

 N.W. Africa ; also widely in Asia. Largely resident, but 

 northern birds migrate. Rare visitor Madeira and Canaries. 



Fulica cristata Gmelin. Crested Coot. 



Like " F. atra" but has no white tips to secondaries, and on 

 each side of frontal shield is a red fleshy lobe. Legs and feet 

 slaty blue, lower part of tibia yellow-green. Bill and frontal shield 

 bluish while. Iris red. Wing ^ 216-238, 9 205-213(11.). 



A'c'sidd/i/.~S. Portugal, S. Spain, N.W. Africa (Morocco and 

 Algeria), and Africa south of Sahara. Has occurred in Italy, 

 Sicily, Malta, and S. France. 



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