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ing it is not web-footed, fwim, which it feems to do tolerably 

 well. 



It is pretty common on the continent, though in fome parts 

 more fcarce than in others. Is alfo an inhabitant of America-, 

 from New York to Carolina; and is recorded as a native of Ja- 

 maica *, and other iflands in the Weft Indies. Is faid to feed on 

 plants and fmall filh. The flefh is for the moft part pretty good. 



Red -tailed Water-Hen, Ind. Zool. p. 10. pi. o. I3« 



j, ,, p , - -7 , j j I RED-TAILED G 



Kallus rhamcurus, Zool. Ind. p. ig. pi. g. ' 



CIZE of the common Gallinule : length nine inches: weight Description; 



{even ounces and a quarter. The bill yellowifh green ; at 

 the bafe reddifh : forehead bare, and flefh-coloured : the plu- 

 mage above is black : the forehead, round the eyes, and under 

 parts, white: the quills black, marked with large fpots of a 

 blueifh caft: the vent and tail ferruginous red : legs dirty green, 

 tinged with red : toes long. 



This fpecies inhabits Ceylon, where it is pretty frequent, and Place. 



called Kalu-!:erenaka ; and feems to be one of the kinds we fa 

 often fee figured in Chineje paintings. 



La Poule-Sultane brune, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 204. 



' ■ de la Chine, PI. Enh 896. Var!°A. 



ENGTH fifteen or fixteen inches. The crown and upper Description. 

 parts of the plumage dufky afh-colour : forehead and under 

 parts white: belly and vent rufous: the quills and tail are 

 black : the legs yellow : toes long. 



Inhabits China. Place< 



* Shane. Brown, 



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