Class II. 



GREAT COOT. 



129 



FuHca aterrima. F. fronte alba, 

 armillis rubris, corpore ni- 

 gricante. Lath. Ind. orn. 

 778. id. Syn. v. 277. 



Belon av. 182. 



Fulica aterrima. Gm. Lin. 703. 



Fulica fuliginosa. Scopoli, 150. 2. Great. 

 Greater Coot. TFil. orn. 320. 

 La grand foulque ou la Ma- 



croule. Brisson av. vi. 28. 



Hist, d'ois. viii. 220. 



J- HIS species differs from the preceding only 

 in its superior size, and the exquisite blackness 

 of the plumage. 



Discovered in Lancashire and in Scotland. 



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