GALLINULE. 



*S3 



[ ENGTH feventeen inches. Bill two inches and a half ; bafe 

 red ; end yellow : crown brown : hind part of the neck ci- 

 nereous brown : back greenifh brown : quills the fame, with ru- 

 fous margins : chin white : "fore part of the neck and breaft 

 bright rufous : belly, thighs, vent, and rump, black : fides and 

 under wing coverts tranfverfely barred with rufous and black : 

 legs red, and pretty long. 



> Suppofed to inhabit Cayenne, as it was among others from that 

 place. 



BLACK-BEL- 

 LIED G. 



Description. 



Place. 



La Poule-Sultane de Madraft, Sri/. Orn. v. p. 543. 10. 



L'Angoli, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 205. 



Madras Rail-Hen, Rati Sjn. p. 194. pi. 1. fig. 4. 



CIZE of a Duck. The bill and legs pretty long : forehead bare 

 and white * : the plumage on the upper parts of a fine afh- 

 colour : fides of the head, and under parts, white : acrofs the 

 lower part of the neck black fpots in the fhape of crefcents : 

 quills afh-colour, edged with black : the tail is fhort. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Madras, where it is called 

 Boollu-cory. It is alfo at Malabar, and known there by the name 

 of Caunangoly. 



• This is not mentioned in Raj's defcription, nor doe3 it appear in the very 

 bad figure in the plate. 



MADRAS G. 



Description: 



Fulica 



