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FuUca atra. 



THE EUROPEAN COOT. 



Fiilieaalni, Linn. S. N. cl. Id, I. 17:.!*, l.VJ; nl. I'J, 1. 17rtn, 2S7. — Kkvm. & IIi.ah. Wirl.. Kur. 

 184n, tl8. — Nai M. V('K- P'Misdil. IX. Ks;ts, ti;i,'., pi. 241. - .Siiii.kh. Ktv. Ciit. mu, lo'J. - 

 .Makhi.i,. Mini. t»iii. il. 11«; IliM. Uiil. II. IV. 1H.V2, Mo. — UiiuiW. Xoin. N. Am. I), issi, 

 lio..'i.'*(l ((iici-nlinul, ,/''/'■ I'liif. •'• l!l.lMlAl!l>l), - CufK.'*, I'linl l,i>t, -.M im|. 1S82, int. 88:i. 



Fulieii iilnriiiKi, Ur.iv.. Kauii. Siut. 1»imi, lyy, — hiiKiiM, Vog. Diutaclil. 1S31, 71lt, |i|. ;trt, tig. 4. 



t'ltlieit kucoriij; (Imki.. S. N. 1. 1788, 703. 



Fii/ini irllilo/hi, (iMii,. t, r. 701. 



FiiUcii iiliilijnrii^, \\\wms\, Vnj,', D.'ulsclil. 711. 



Haii. I'lilauivtii: lli'^'imi in ^^iiu'iai ; acciilciitai in (•n't'iiliiii! (I'lnf. ,1. ItiaNiiAUHT). 



Si'. ("iiAii. Ailiilt : llciiil and lurk lilmk, tliii* clmn^'inn Kriidimlly into very dark plunilieouit. 

 bIiUi' on llic upiicr |uirlM, and to li;,'liti'r, more ;,'rayi^'ll, •'late on tlic lower snrl'acc ; rnnip, po.-iti>rior 

 8capular.'<, mnl hind part of liack niorr oi Icis lini^iMJ wiiii ilark oiivaicons ; inidcr ?<nri'ac'i> of pri- 

 maries Hilvcry '^my ; odj,'!' of winj,' and vcrv narrow niar^^in to outer web of outer i>riniary, white. 

 Hill (in lili ) pale red at tiic liase, llie tip white ; frontal plate lilnisii wiiile ; iris crimson ; lei I 

 liini.-iji ^,'ray tinj,'eil with olive ; liie hare p.irt of ilic tiliia oran;,'e ; (daw^^ olivaceous (Mac (iil.i,ivitA\ ) 

 YoKiKj: .Similar to the adult, hut mori- ^^rayisii ; the hill and frontal plate dull j,'reenish ; the iris 

 brown, etc. Ihwnii yninui : Sooty iilackish above, dark sooty ;,'ray below ; nei'.k, back, and wiii;,'s 

 ornamentecl with tine dull-wliile tijanii'nts, the I'orcheail ami hues wilii peculiar small, thickened, 

 nnd soniewhat curle(l liorny altaciinients to the down, of a pale dull oranj,'e-color (perhaps bri^'hl 

 oraUj,'e or recldisli in life) ; itasal half of bill pale brownish (reddish or orauj^e in life (), llie 

 terminal half ])orcelain-whiti', lipped with jet-black. 



Total len(,'th, about Ki.OO inches ; extent of wind's, 22.(M) ; wini;. 7.70-8.80; culiuen (iucludint; 

 frontal plate), l."t>-2.t«); tarsus, U.^ri-i.'Xf ; middle toe, :i.Nj-3.1J. 



Family A K AM ID.R — The CnrnLANS. 



Arnmidw, Mosai'. Coiisp. 11. IS.I,'), lii3. 



Char. Largo Rail-like hird'i, diU'criiio from tin- true IJuils (UnUirld) m thn outer 

 primary liciiij,' shorter tliiiii the .seventh, it.s inner web greatly narrowed, as if cut 

 away, except at end ; the elongated hill (about einial to the tarsus) slightly curvcil 

 to one side at the ti]i ; the inner secondaries well develo]ied, broad, their welis 

 slightly decomposed ; the rectrices well developed, firm, and very distinct from the 

 coverts. 



The Coiirlans are very closely related to the true Hails, and so far as the extrrunl 

 structure is concerned, scarcely dift'er except in the peculiarities ])oiiitcd out above, 

 none of which, howevei', seem to bo shared by any of the linlUdtv i)rop»'r. But cuie 

 penus is known, the characters of whicli are as follows : — 



Gentts ARAMUS, Vikillot. 



Aramus, Vikim.. Ar.nlysc, 1816, 58 (typo, Courliri, Buff., =.irdcn scolopaccn, Omki.. ). 

 B. N. Am. 18.'-.8, fi.l?. 



BAIfll'. 



Char. Bill elongated, much compressed, liotli m.wdibles decurved and turned slightly to one 

 side at tip. Gony8 very long. Bill of equal width nearly from base to tip ; nostrils pervious, in 



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