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de la Janda, w r here, though the nests are numerous, it is almost 

 impossible to see the birds, owing to the density of the grass and 

 rushes. 



Front toes with rounded lobes. 



General colour slaty black ; secondaries tipped with white, forming a 

 wing-bar ; broad white shield on forehead ; legs bluish grey ; iris crimson. 

 Length 16 inches. 



276. Fulica cristata, Gmelin. The Red-lobed Coot. 



Spanish. Gallareta. 



" This bird is both resident and migratory near Tangier. 

 Those which migrate return from the north in September. 

 The nest and eggs resemble those of Fulica atra, with which 

 species they associate, but are much more numerous." Favier. 



This Coot breeds at Ras el Doura in numbers about the 20th 

 of April; and, as above mentioned, the eggs are not to be 

 distinguished from those of the Common Coot (F. atra) ; so 

 unless the bird be snared on the nest, the eggs cannot be said to 

 be identified. 



In Andalucia they have been obtained about the Laguna de la 

 Janda, but are much more common further east. 



I prefer to call this bird Red-lobed, as it certainly is not crested, and 

 resembles the Common Coot in all respects except having two red lobes or 

 caruncles on the white frontal shield and not having a white wing-bar or 

 white tips to the secondaries. Length 16 inches. 



Order ALECTORIDES. Family aRUID). 



277. Grus communis, Bechstein. The Common Crane. 



Moorish. Gharnook (Favier). Spanish. Griilla. 



" This Crane, common in flocks, is found in Morocco only 

 during the winter season, arriving in October and November; 

 they leave for the north in February." Favier. 



On the Moorish side of the Straits the Common Crane does 



