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GBALLA.TOBES, OK WADING BIRDS. 



it is found in France, England, Italy, Germany, and Holland. The 

 Slate-coloured Water Hen is a native of Java. 



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Fig. 117. Common Water Hen (Gallimda chloropus, Svv.). 



The Purple "Water Hen (Porphyrio hyacinthus, Temminck), or 

 Sultana Fowl (Fig. 118), is peculiarly characteristic of Macro- 





Fig. 118. Sultana Fowl (Polio sultana, Sw.). 



dactyles, and might be denned as an exaggeration of the Water 

 Hen. Its bill is thicker and more robust, the frontal plate on 



