102 Coot. 
The female is like the male, but is slightly less in size. 
The young, when first hatched, have the head reddish or 
orange reddish brown, and the rest of the down dingy biack. 
When in full plumage, they are of a paler colour than the 
old ones, and the patch on the forehead is less in size. 
A very curious variety of the Coot was shot, as the Rev. 
R. P. Alington informs me, at Misson, Nottinghamshire, near 
Bawtry, Yorkshire. It is all white, the legs also and the 
bill, the wings only being the usual colour. Other white 
varieties have occurred, and some partially white. 
