64 BIRDS. PINNAT1PEDES. 44, 45, 46. 



legs dull green. Female without the red on the bill, and in fottie 

 the chin and belly are marked with white. 



314. G. Porzana. Above olive-brown variegated and 

 spotted with dusky and whitish, beneath grey with 

 white and brown spots : 2 middle tail-feathers edged 

 with white. 



Spotted Gallnmle. Lewin t. 193. Donov. t. 122. Wakot, t. 172. 



Length 9 inches : extent 15: weight above 4 ounces. 



Bill greenish-yellow, reddish at the bafe : Ms reddish : over the 

 eyes a grey stripe : Jlanhs with du*ky and white ban : vent and 

 tinder tail-covert* yellowish-white : legt pale olive-green. 



ORDER VII. PINNATIPEDES,, 



44. PHALAROPUS. Phalorope. 



215. Ph. hyperboreits . Grey, beneath white : breast grey: 

 wings with a white band : beneath the rump white : 

 sides of the neck ferruginous. Female, grey beneath: 

 eye-brows and base of the greater wing-coverts red- 

 dish : rump rufous. 



Red Phalarope. Sow. Wife, t. 10. Lewin t. 194. Br. Zool, t. 76. 



Lengthy or 8 inches. Bill black : iris hazel : eyebrows white 

 fcapulars margined with dull yellow : quills dusky, the fecondaries 

 tipt with white : rump barred dusky and white : tail dusky : legs 

 lead-colour. Female above blackish with rufous margins : over the 

 eyes a rufous streak : rump rufous : breast and belly rufous. 



216. Ph. lobatus. Bluish-grey with dusky spots, beneath 

 white : head white : wing-coverts, wing and tail- 

 feathers blackish, with whitish margins. 



Grey Phalarope. Br. Zool. t. 76. Lewin t. 195. Wakot t. 156. 



Size fomething larger than the Purre : weight an ounce. 



Bill black, a little flattened at the top : crown often with a dark 

 patch : cheeAs with a dusky fpot : legs compressed, lead-colour. 



45. FULICA. Coot. 



$17. F. atra. Front white or reddish: body blackish, 

 beneath dusky-grey : wings edged with white: garters 

 yellow. 



Bald Coot. Br. Zoo!, t. 77.. Lewin t. 196. Donovan t. ic6. 



2. Larger, plumage deeper : front white : garters black. 



3. White, with a few black fpots on the head and wings. 

 Length 16 inches : extent 30 : weight 24-28 ounces. 



Bill pale : iris hazel : legs dull green. Female rusty-brown on 

 the breast. 



46. PODICEPS. Grebe. 



218. P. cristatus. Dusky brown, beneath white : head 

 rufous, enlarged with a crest : collar black : . inner 

 quills white, Adult bird. Cheeks and 'thrbat with a 

 bright tawny pendentvrmT, 2-year old. Head smooth, 

 wings with a white spot, Young bird. 



Crested Grebe. Br. Zool. t. 78. I.ewin. t. 197. Donov. t. 68. 



Length 23 inches : breadth 33 : weight between 2 and 3 pounds. 



Bill dusky towards the point, reddish at the bafe : ins crimfon : 

 crcSt erect each side the head, dusky ; from the bill to the efyes a 



