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conformation to this kind of dwelling; and these 

 birds constitute a very marked link between the 

 grallae and the palmipedes. 



We have but one of them, 



Fulica Atrat Aterrima, and jEthiopSj Gm. Enl. 197- 

 Frisch. 208. Naum. 30. f. 40. 



Deep slate-colour on the frontal plate, and the edge 

 of the wings white. The plate becomes red in the 

 season of reproduction. It is common wherever 

 there are ponds. 



F. Atterima, is the old male : and the young is F, 

 jtEthiops ; sometimes more or less white than Ful. 

 Leucorix, Sparm. Mus. Carl. 1. t. 12. 



Cinereous Coot, Lath. Fulica Atra, Ord. Wilson, 

 A. O. ix. t. 73. f. 1. J^. Floridana, Bartram. F. 

 Americana, Gmel. 



Slate-colour ; under tail-coverts and outer lining of 

 the wings, white ; tail, of fourteen feathers, head, and 

 neck, deep-black ; membrane, white. North America. 



Crested Gallinule. Fulica Cristata, Gm. Enl. 797- 

 Vieill. Gal. 269. 



Forehead and crown, bare, reddish, rising into a knob 

 on the back part ; body and wings, greenish-ash 

 colour ; beneath, pale-ash. China, India, and Mada- 

 gascar. Lath. Syn. v. t. 90. 



The Fulica Mexicana, Lath. Fulica Armillata, 

 and Fulica Leucoptera, Vieill. are doubtful species. 



We shall terminate this view of the grallae with 



