Manners. 



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of an inch in breadth j and thefe together furround the bafe of the- 

 bill : the head,, throat, neck, breaft, and under parts, are black : 

 in fome the belly is mixed with white : back, wing coverts, and 

 fcapulars, fine chefnut j the outer angle of the "wing mixed with 

 black : on the moulder a ftrong, fharp, yellow fpine, a quarter of 

 an inch in length : quills olive yellow, with the ends for one 

 third, and the tips, margined with dtifky ; the outer one the 

 whole way on the outer edge : tail rounded ; the two middle 

 feathers chefnut and brown mixed, with the ends black j the 

 others the fame, but no mixture of brown : the legs greenifh afh- 

 colour. 

 Pi ace and This fpecies inhabits Brafil, Guiana, and Surinam; but is 



equally common at St. Domingo, where they frequent the marfliy 

 places, fides of ponds, and ftreams, and wade quite up to the 

 thighs in the water. Generally feen in pairs, and when feparated 

 call each other continually, till they join again. Are very fhy, 

 and molt common in the rainy feafons in May and November* 

 Are at all times very noify ; their cry fharp and fhrill, and may 

 be heard a great way off. This, as well as the other fpecies, is 

 called by the French, Chirurgien. The flefh is accounted pretty 

 good. 



2. . Le Chirurgien noir, Brif. Orn. v. p. 124. 3. — Buf. Oif. viii. p. 189* 



BLACK J. Gallinula tenia fpec. Marcgr. Rati Syn. p. 115. 10. 



The third Brafilian Water Hen of Marcgrave, Will. Orn. p. 318. 



Description. CIZE of the other. Bill faffron-colour : on the forehead a 



membrane of a rufous colour : head, throat, neck, back, and 



rump, black: bread, belly, thighs, and under tail coverts, 



brown : 





