Glass II. COMMON GALLINULE. 



121 



Gallinula chloropus. G. fronte 

 fulva, armillis rubris, cor- 

 pora nigricante, crisso albo. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 770. id. 

 Syn. V. 258. 



La Poulette d'eau. Belon av. 

 211. 



Ein wasserhen. Gesner av. 

 501. 



Chloropus major nostra. Aldr. 

 av. iii. 177- 



Common Water-hen, or Moor- 

 hen. Wil. orn. 312. 



Rail Syn. av. 1 13. 



Gallinula, la poule d'eau. 



Brisson av. vi. 3. Tal. 1. 3. Common. 



Hist, d'ois. viii. 171. PI- 



Enl. 877- 

 Gallinella aquatica, Porza- 



none. Zinan. lOQ. 

 Wasserhennl. Kram. 358. 

 Rothblaessige Kleine Wasser- 



huhn. Frisch, ii. 209- 

 Fulica chloropus. Gm. Lin. 



698. 

 Brimnich, IQl. Scopoli, No. 



153. ' ' - . 



Br. Zool. 131. L 1, Aret. 



Zool. ii. 199. 



i HE male of this species weighs about fif- 

 teen ounces ; its length to the end of the tail is 

 fourteen inches ; the breadth twenty-two. The 

 crown of the head, hind part of the neck, the 

 back, and coverts of the wings, are of a fine, 

 but very deep olive green; the under side of 

 the body cinereous ; the chin and belly mottled 

 with white; the quil feathers and tail dusky; 

 the exterior side of the first primary feather, 

 and the ridge of the wings white; the vent 

 black; the feathers just beneath the tail white; 

 the legs dusky green. The colors of the plu- 

 mage in the female, are much less brilliant than 

 those of the male; in size it is also inferior. Mr. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



