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Genus Furic. 
Coots are so generally dispersed over the globe as to render it 
difficult to say where one or other of the fifteen species are not to 
be met with. 
BG. INULICk ATRA 2 (4.9. ees sare wt) VOL, MV ePl, MLxSxGRainye 
Coor. 
This well-known species, although generally regarded as a resi- 
dent, is nevertheless migratory to a certain extent in autumn, and 
assembles often in large flocks in the winter, in our estuaries and 
tidal harbours. 
Genus GALLINULA. 
Like the Coot, the members of the genus Giallinula are very gene- 
rally dispersed over both the Old and the New World. 
307. GALLINULA CHLOROPUS . . . . . Mel. DVR Txoeee 
Mooruen. 
Of this familiar bird it will suffice to say that it is resident and 
generally distributed. 
Genus Rats. 
Rails are, like the Coots and the Moorhens, inhabitants of marshes 
of the entire globe. 
308. RADLUS AGUATICUS “S ycuki ir ode tee) Vol asi daxexevae 
Water-RaAIu. 
There can be no doubt that, although many birds of this species 
remain with us throughout the year, considerable additions to their 
numbers are made in the spring. 
Genus Crpx. : 
Allied in form and very similar in distribution to the three fore- 
going and the next following genera. 
309. Crux PRATENSIS. . . . . . « Vol. LY. Pl. LXXXYVLII, 
Lanp-Ram or Corn-Craker. 
A regular summer migrant ; but occasionally individuals have been 
found loitering behind and spending the winter with us in sheltered 
situations, 
Genus Porzana. 
SLO; Porzawa MARUETTA, ~° 3° 40%. © D>) Vol, DV PL Reva 
Sporrep Crare. 
Whatever may haye been the case formerly, when our fens were 
