l'J2 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 black. 

 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. 



