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Genus LXXV. GALLINULE. 



N° 1. 



Crake G. 



N°i 3 . 



Red-tailed G. 





Var. A. 





Var. A. 





Var. B. 





Var. B. 



2. 



Carthagena G. 



14. 



Brown G. 



3- 



Cayenne G. 





Var. A. 



4- 



Black-bellied G. 



T 5- 



Yellow-breaded G 



5- 



Madras G. 



16. 



Soree G. 



6. 



Purple G. 



17- 



Grinetta G. 



7- 



Martinico G. 



18. 



Spotted G. 



8. 



Favourite G. 



19. 



Speckled G. : 



9- 



Crowing G. 



20. 



Yellow-legged G. 



10 



Black-headed G. 



21. 



Piping G. 



11. 



Green G. 



22. 



Crefted G. 



12. 



Common G. 



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TH E bill is thick at the bafe, and flopes to the point : the 

 bafe of the upper mandible reaching far upon the forehead, 

 where it becomes membranaceous. 

 Body compreffed. 

 Wings fhort and concave. 

 Tail fhort. 

 Toes divided to their origin. 



Vol. III. 



Kk 



Rallus 



