170 



greater part of the body beneath, are plain fawn co- 

 lour ; the rump is plain olive brown ; the legs are 

 bright green. 



Weight 2oz. length 72 inches. 



A new species, shot near Ashburton, Devonshire, 

 1809. (Montagu.} 



5. FOLJAMBEI. OLIVACEOUS GALLINULE. 



The bill is green yellow, the base red ; the irides 

 and orbits are bright red ; the forehead, breast and 

 belly are cinereous; the back of the head, wings and 

 rump are olive brown ; the legs and toes are olive. 



Length 7j inches, breadth lOi inches. 



A new species taken in Norfolk, 1812. (Mr. 

 loljambe*) 



ORDER VII. PINNATIPEDES. 



Toes Scalloped. 



The stomachs in this order, are intermediate, 

 partly membranous, yet furnished with one strong 

 muscle, which crosses them in the middle : the fluid 

 in the crop appears also to act upon the substances 

 contained therein ; the crop and stomachs of some 

 Grebes which we opened from Orkney, were full of 



