Class II. COMMON COOT. 



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GENUS XIV. COOT. 



Bill short and thick, with a callus extending 

 up the forehead. 



Nostrils narrow and pervious. 



Toes furnished with broad scalloped mem- 

 branes. 



Fulica atra. F. fronte incar- 



nata, armillis luteis, cor- 



pore nigricante. Lath. Ind. 



ern. 777. id. Syn. v. 275. 



id. Sup. i. 25Q. id. Sup. ii. 



328. 

 La Poulle d'eau. Belon av. 



181. 

 Fulica recentiorum. Gesner. 



av. 390. 

 FoUega, Follata, Fulca. Aldr. 



av. iii. 39, 42. 

 Wil. orn. 319. 

 Rail Syn. av. II6. 

 La Foulque, ou Morrelle. 



Brisson av. vl. 23. tal. 2. 



^g. I. Hisi.d'ois.\m. 211. 



Pl.Enl. 197. 

 Folaga, o Polon. Zinan. 108. 

 R,ohr-hennl, Blassl. Kram.357, 

 Weisblaessige grosse Wasser- 



huhn. Frisch, ii. 208. 

 Fulica atra. Gm. Lin. 702. 

 Blas-klacka. Faun. Suec. sp, 



193. 

 Danis Vand-Hoene, Bles- 



Hoene. Brunnick, igo. 

 Liska. Scopoli, No. 149. 

 Br. Zool. 132. F. Arct. ZooL 

 ii.205. 



1. Common. 



TIOW. 



JLHESE birds weigh from twenty-four to Descrip- 

 twenty-eight ounces. Their belly is ash-co- 

 lored, and on the ridge of each wing is a line of 

 white; every part besides is of a deep black; 

 the legs are of a yellowish green ; above the 

 knee is a yellow spot. 



