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GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. THE GREEN-FOOTED 

 GALLINULE, OR WATER-HEN. 



MOOR-HEN. MARSH-HEN. STANK-HEN. 



Fig. 52. 



Fulica Chloropus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 258. Adult. 



Fulica fusca. Linn. Syst Nat. I. 257. Young. 



Gallinula Chloropus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 770. Adult. 



Gallinula fusca. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 771. Young. 



Poule d'Eau ordinaire. Gallinula Chloropus. Temm. Mann. d'Orn. 



Gallinula Chloropus, Common Gallinule, or "Water Hen. Flem. Brit. 



Anini. 99. 

 Common Gallinule. Gallinula Chloropus. Selb. Illustr. II. 188. 

 Gallinula Chloropus, Common Gallinule. Jen. Brit. Vert., An. 220. 

 Gallinula Chloropus, Bonap. List. 53. 



Plumage of the head, neck, and lower parts dark grey, of 

 the back and wings deep olive-brown ; edge of the wing and 

 lower tail-covert white. Young similar, but with the feathers 

 of the lower part edged with white. 



Male. — The Green-footed Gallinule, when seen running 

 along the banks of a stream or pool, invariably calls to mind 



