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7. Fufco-plumbea ; c olio Jupemejubfufco, 7 



interne albo. ) 



The larger Crab catcher. 



This bird is much larger 



than the foregoing, and 



crefted; but this is (hort 



and eafily erected, and, in lome fhape, refembles the crcfl of an Indian cock. The 

 breaft of this bird is marked with white pretty low. 



SECT. 



VIII. 



Of Wat er-j "owls , or Birds that pafs a confiderable part of their time 



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upon 



<je water. 



Note. All the birds of this clafs have broad membranous webs between their 



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furnimed with membranous ed 

 great eafe in the water. 







which enable them 





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Offuch as have their toes gamified with membranous edges, but not at all connected 



or joined toget her. 



U L I C A I . Major pulla, front e cerd cocci ne a oblongo- 7 



quadratd glabra obdu5ia % membrana ^ The rcd-faccd Cootc. 

 digitorum angufliffimd. 



Rojlrum fubcraffum, leniter arcuatum, conicum, oblongum, acuta m 



longitudine 



trientis digiti medii vl ultra, ad apicem fubl iteum ultra coccineum. 



coccined levi oblongo- quadrat a ultra medietatem obduSia. 



cerd 



From 



Oculi minor es nigri. Color totius corporis nigro-plumbeus leniter mtens, 



ad dor [urn fubolivaceus, ad ventrem levior, inter crura albo mifcellus. 



Cauda brevior conico-obtufa, reclricibus marginalibus inferio>-ibus albo mar- 

 gin at a 



Ala 



cribus albo 



oblongo? ultra medietatem cauda porre&a remigibus exteri- 



Cri/ra long i or a ultra medietatem pi u mat a, 



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margtnatis. 



infra 



nuda coccinea. Tibia? longa olwacea fquamofit. Digit i longiores quaterni, 

 margine anguflo inferne utrinque donati, Jed membrana nuha conncSli ; borum 

 unus pojiice fitus eft. Ungues acuti longi levijjime arcuati. Lingua crajjiuf- 

 cula, apice cartilagineo integro. 



FULICA 3. Major pulla, fronte cerd alba fuperne } 



acuminata glabra obduc~ld y memoranda The Plantane Coote. 



digitorum latiori la cerd. 





FULICA 3. Minor pulla, cerd minori albi- 



can te. 



The fmall Plantane Coote. 





FULICA 4, Minima mifcella, fronte plumatd, peclore, ^^ j « ,„ , f 



fubplumbeo. membrana digitorum an- r ^ , . ~ 



J a-fr * \ Edwards , P. c. 



gutiffima. -> ■ •* 



All thefe fpecies are frequent in 



the lagoons about the Fc 



?rry t and often killed 

 and ferved up at gentlemen's tables : but they eat a little fimy ; though the fecond 

 and third fpecies, which are reckoned the bed, feed chiefly on phntanes, when 

 any of thefe trees grow by the water fide. They are very wary birds; and thou h 

 their feet be not webbed, they dive, fwim and move in the water with as much Fa- 

 cility as any of the tribe, and frequent it the mod of all that live within land. The 

 lad: fpecies has never been deferibed before j it is a very beautiful little bird, and 



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