496 .COMMON COOT. 



XLIV. COOT. Gen. Birds. LXXVII. 



416. Common. Br. Zool. 1. N* 220. — La Foulque, De Buffon, vni, 211, — PI. Enl. 197, — La- 



tham, iii. 

 Fulica atra. Faun. Suec. N" 193. — Brunnich, N° 196-. — Lev. Mus.— Bl. Mus. 



CWith a white bill : head, neck, body, wings, and tail, of a full 

 • black : legs yellowiih green. Wbioht from twenty-four to 

 twenty- eight ounces. 



Inhabits the fhores of Sweden and Norway : appears in fpring, and 

 "very rarely vifits the lakes or. moors *. Frequent in RuJJia, and even 

 to the eaft of Sibiria. I found it among xhe birds fent to Mrs. 

 Blackburn from North America, The Indians about Niagara drefs 

 their fkins, and ufe them for pouches. They are-frequent in the rivers 

 of Carolina, where . they are called Flujirerers f j I fuppofe, from the 

 aoife th€y make in fljang along the furface of the water. 



Place. 



* Amtefi, Acai. iv. 591. f Lavn/oit, 149. 



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