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BLACK R. 



Description. 



Place. 



Br. Muf. 



C I Z E of the Spotted Gallinule : length nine inches. Bill yellow 

 at the bafe; the tip brown: general colour of the plumage 

 dufky black, deepeft on the head : legs brown j in fome birds 

 red. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and other parts of Africa. 



14. 

 SANDWICH R. 



Description. 



Place. 



>5- 

 OTAHEITE R. 



Description. 



Place. 



C I Z E fmall. Bill dufky afh-colour : general colour of the 

 plumage pale ferruginous ; the feathers on the upper parts 

 darkefl in the middle : tail fhort, hid by the upper coverts : 

 legs dufky flefh-colour. 



Inhabits Sandwich IJles. Was alfo found on the ifland ofTan- 

 na* ; but the plumage is darker on the upper parts j and the bill 

 and legs yellowifh. Sir Jojeph Banks. 



[" ENGTH fix inches. Bill three quarters of an inch, black : 

 the head, neck, and all the under parts of the body, dark 

 afh-colour j paleft on the chin : the upper parts, and wing co- 

 verts, deep red brown : quills dufky, edged with white : edge 

 of the wing, and the firft quill feather, white : tail an inch and 

 a half long, rounded in ihape, and black : legs dufky yellow : 

 claws black. 



Inhabits Otaheite, and the Friendly IJles. Sir Jojeph Banks. 



* In Coot's laft Vby. i. p. 151. mention it made of a fandy-coloured Plover 

 at New Zealand ; perhaps this fpecies f 



hiv. 



