FUL 
was prepared both in cee anda dry form, and not only 
the dark in both ftates, but communicated its 
pa waves 0 of flame. not need re¢ruit as its li 
at the fire, or in the fanthine, Tike the phofphorus of the 
Bolonian ftone, but of itfelf ny ai in a ftate of fhiaing 
d i as foon as expofed 
in the dark’ or dry m oe ere refembling a 
dar pe of fire, ok not pe itfelf, Phil. 
“Tranf, “NP 134. See PHosPHoRus. 
HAM, in Geography, a village of ay ae in 
county of Middlefex, feated on the Tham hich i 
here ; 4 miles W. of London 
FULICA, in ena hs a genus of the hes with 
arched over tne lower at 
nave the feet cleft, the other ea ; this is 
riters ange 
appears to 
‘according to coe natural character, as they not only differ in 
the ftru¢ture of their feet, aes in other elfential particulars. 
The gallinules have the upper mandible membranaceous at 
the bafe, and the wings concave: 
dibles equal, and the noftrils oval, narrow, and fhor 
tribes frequent watery places, and feed on worms, infects, 
and {mall fifh. 
Species. 
Front and bracelets yellowith; body brownith. 
Scop. Galli nile minor, Briff. 
Pouleite . Buff. Brown 
Fulica albiventris, 
Rallus Italorum, Gefner. 
‘Gallinule. 
This bird rset France, the neighbourhood ” Venice, 
rt paiwen ts haunts are the 
fame as that of the common gallinule, but thou i; it. fre- 
quents the fame places, it never Misc with that ene 
its aoa being fhy and folitary. The flefh i 
eftee 
The length of this bird is nae iz inches. TT 
another analdgous kind, and w commonly Perr ne 
as a variety, fuperior to this in ae, the length bei cing 18 
inches. The latter is the gallinula major of Briffon ; the 
beneath cinereous, with the feathers 
head and. neck blackith, and the low 
 -Fusca 
Gmoel. 
art f the aly yoan 
CHLOROPUS. ; bracelets red; body 
blackifh. wee Galil oar majors Aldrovandus. 
Poule d’ea mon water-ben, or moor-hen, ‘Ray. 
Common pe ne Lath. nee Britifh Birds, &c. 
he moor-hen is a n native of Ameri rica as well as Euro 
ho 
near 
3s compo ofed of herbage, and. contains feven ai 
which are of a yellowith white = lout marked with i irregulax 
. above gloffy violet ; cheeks 
culty, -it runs with 
FUL 
brown reddifh fpots. Thefe birds lay twice or thrice ig 
e feafon. 
The bill aa this bird is red with the tip greenith ; ; the 
aoe es red; body a oe bey) lack mixed with olive, be- 
eath cinereous ; the outer edge of the w ings and lower tail- 
oe white, and ae reenth. 
Viripis. _Above reenifh, beneath white ; front, bill, and 
Porphyrio viridis, Br iff. 
Green gallinule, Lath. 
The length of this kind 
is eleven eles and a half; the bill of a greenifh yellow ; 
body above dull green, ed cath white ; the legs greyifh yel- 
~ 
a 
low, with grey claws. 
ANOCEPHALA. Blue; head and neck black. Gmel. 
es melanocephalos, Briff. La Poule fultane & téte noir, 
ibid. ee gel Lat 
Entirely blue, e t the head aad see which are black, 
and a broadbare face on the crown. In the female the crown 
and bo ody above j is tawny, the fhoulders freaked with white ; 
wings greenifh | tinged with piel and the cic 
pee blue. ative of America. 
REA. Purple; bill eae legs greenifh yellow. 
Gna Acintliy Batt Quachilto, Ray. Growing gallinules, 
Inhabits the marfhes of New Spain, and crows 
cock 3; 
yacacin 
F ose 
a a: 
flefh is good; called by the natives of Mexi 
* Above azure; throat 
blucifh-white ; 5 
: rt and Pee eee ; age and tail brown ; bill and legs 
La favorite de Cayenne, B 
uff. Favourite 
ae Baule, Lath 
] ee 12 inches. Inhabits Cayenne. ~ 
ront red 3 bracelets man y; body green, 
beneath violet, Gmel. Poule ee et ae de Madagaf- 
Sh Buff. Purple water-hen, Albin. Purple gallinule, 
ath. 
The bill and legs are red, irides tawny ; head and neck 
and throat violet-blue ; back 
and rump gloffy. es ; wings and eres tail fhining 
reen ; within bro Siz a fowl, the bill and legs 
itout, the former competet: at the afe. ‘he female {maller 
than the male. This fpecies inhabits in a greater 
abundance all the warmer parts of the globe ; ay female 
forms its neft in reeds in pat hy places; lays thre 
eggs, and fits from three to four weeks. | 
tamed, and domefticated with the common poultry d 
on fith, roots, fruits, feeds, and see firnifar epee and 
oceafionaly, it is faid, like the parrot, will ftand on one leg 
and lift the food to the mouth with the other. The flefh is 
exquifi ite. 
ViovacrA. Black violet ; as beneath blue ; 
legs red. Lath. Violet galliny 
eee Ww ms the laft. ‘Che sei is white 
Car ENA. Front blue; body “rufous. 
Carthagena sales 
Defcribed by Jacquin as oe of Carthage in 
Size of the ee Bice coo amciaiaas 
Cayanensis. Gr Lan breaft and upper 
the belly rufous, back and wings olive ;, pe ae 
Lath. Grand poule dean de Cayenne, Buff. Cayenne gallir 
nt 
front and 
Gmel. 
common in fome parts of South Acmerica,, where it 
frequents marfhy places, and feeds on fifh and infects. The 
bill is dufky at the tip ; legs red, back tinged with olive. The 
eS is hi aaa inches. 
Crown, neck above, with the back ead 
quill-feathers ion clin white ; throat and breaft rufous 5: 
be elly, 
