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4. Crex pusitta. Little Crake. Olive-brown, with a few 

 white streaks above, bluish-grey beneath ; sides and abdomen 

 faintly barred with brown and white. 



GENUS III. GALLINULA. GALLINULE. 



Bill not longer than the head, rather stout, tapering, 

 much compressed ; upper mandible with the ridge narrow, 

 enlarged at the base into a soft tumid oblong plate covering 

 the forehead, the edges direct, those of the lower mandible 

 inclinate. Nostrils linear-oblong, medial, sub-marginate ; 

 the nasal groove large. Toes compressed, marginate. 



1. Gallimda Chloropus. Green-footed Gallinule. Head, 

 neck, and lower parts dark grey ; back and wings deep 

 olive-brown ; lower tail-coverts white. 



GENUS IV. FULICA. COOT. 



Bill about the length of the head, strong, compressed ; 

 upper mandible with the ridge convex, and expanded into a 

 large plate covering the forehead ; edges direct, as are those 

 of the lower mandible. Toes margined with a broad mem- 

 brane contracted at the joints. 



1. Fulica atra. Bald Coot. Head and neck greyish- 

 black ; upper parts dark bluish-grey, lower dark brownish- 

 grey ; tip of the bill and frontal plate white. 



