NATURAL HISTORY. 
Zool. 2. p. 489. (Common GALLINULE.) The 
Water Hen. Common on the Teign and Dart, 
lives concealed during the day. It is a stupid 
bird, when out of the water, and may frequently 
be found in a holly, or other thick bush, over 
the banks of a stream, half-asleep. 
2, G. Porzana. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 486. 
The Lesser Spotted Gallinule. We have seena 
specimen of this rare bird, which was found in 
the meadows, near Dartington. 
3. G. Pusitia. Mont. Orn. Dict. Supp. Little 
Gallinule. First noticed by Montague. A speci- 
men was killed near Ashburton, in 1869, 
FULICA. Artra. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 2. p. 494. 
The Coot. Not so common as the water hen,— 
similar in its habits ; found on the Teign, Dart, 
and Exe rivers. In this genus, the toes are 
bordered with a scalloped membrane, in the last 
with a plain one, 
DIVISION 8. ANSERES. 
PODICEPS. 1. Cristatus. (Lin.) Brit. Zool. 
2. p. 496. Tippet and Great Crested Grebes. 
The female is less, with a smaller crest, and duller 
colors ;—the young are without the crest,—the 
plumage is attained in the third year. CotymBus 
UrinaTor of Lin., is merely the young bird, it 
breeds in some of the northern counties, and 
makes a floating nest, We have occasionally 
seen this bird within the district, 
