Class II. SPOTTED GALLINULE. 



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GENUS XII. GALLINULE. 



Bill thick at the base, sloping to the point, the 

 upper mandible reaching far up the fore- 

 head, callous. 



Wings short and concave. 



Body compressed. 



Toes long, divided to the origin. 



Gallinula Porzana. G. fusco- 

 ■olivacea nigro albidoque va- 

 riega.ta et maculata, subtus 

 cinerea albido varia, rectrici- 

 bus (luabus intermediis albo 

 marginatis. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 772. id. Syn. 204. 



Gallinula ochra (Wynkernell). 

 Gesner av. 513- 



Porcellana, Porzana, Grug- 

 netto. Aldr. av, iii. 181. 



Grinetta. Wil. orn. sp. 8. p. 

 315. 



Rait Syn. av. 115. sp. 7, 



Rallus aquat. minor, sive Ma- 1. Spotted. 



ruetta, le petit Rasle d'Eaa, 



ou la Marouette. Brisson av. 



V. 155. tab. \3.Jig. 1. Hist. 



d'ols. viii. 157- PI Enl. 



751. 

 Co achouan ou IVIarouette . Ar- 



genv. Lithol. 533. tab. 25. 

 Kleines gesprenkeltes Wasser- 



huhn. Frisch, ii, 2 1 1 . 

 Rallus porzana. Gm. Lin. 712. 

 Br. Zool. 130. L*. 1. Arci 



Zool. ii. log. 



XHIS species is not very frequent in Great 

 'Britain, and is said to be migratory. It inha- 

 bits the sides of small streams, concealing itself 

 among the bushes. Its length is nine inches; j) 

 its breadth fifteen 5 its weight four ounces five 

 drachms. The head is brown, spotted with 



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