GALLINULE. 



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La Poule-Sultane brune, Brif. Orn. v. p. 531. 

 La Glout, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 181. 



'T'HE bill in this fpecies is black: the forehead bare, and of 

 a yellowifh green : the plumage on the upper parts brown : 

 fides of the head, and under parts, white j and there is a little 

 mixture of the fame on the wing coverts : quills and tail brown : 

 legs yellowifh grey : claws grey. 



Inhabits Germany, and frequents the banks of rivers and ponds, 

 like moft of the genus. It is known about Strajburg by the 

 name of Glutt, and has a fhrill kind of note not unlike that of a 

 fmall flute or fife. 



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Br. Muf. 



CIZE of the Coot: length eighteen inches. Bill as in that 

 bird : forehead and crown bare, and of a reddifh colour, rifing 

 at the back part into a knob, not unlike that on the head of the 

 Guinea Pintado : the head and neck afh-colour : chin mottled 

 with white: body and wings greenifh afh-colour ; outer edge of 

 the laffc pale : under parts of the body pale am : middle of the 

 belly white : legs very flout and brown. 

 Suppofed to have come from China. 



CRESTED G. 

 Description. 



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