Crass Il. SPOTTED GALLINULE. 
GENUS XII. GALLINULE. 
Bit thick at the base, sloping to the point, the 
upper mandible reaching far up the fore- 
head, callous. 
Wines short and concave. 
Bopy compressed. 
Toss long, divided to the origin. 
Gallinula Porzana. G. fusco- Rallus aquat. minor, sive Ma- 
olivacea nigro albidoque va- 
_Megata et maculata, subtus 
cinerea albido varia, rectrici- 
bus duabus intermediis albo 
marginatis. Lath. Ind. orn. 
ruetta, le petit Rasle d’Eau, 
oula Marouette. Brissonav. 
v. 155. tab. 13. fig. 1. Hist. 
dots. viii. 157. Pl Ent. 
751. 
772. 1d. Syn. 264. 
Gallinula ochra (W ynkernell). 
Gesner av. 513. 
Porcellana, Porzana, Grug- 
netto. Aldr. av. ili. 181. 
Grinetta. Wil. orn. sp. 8. p. 
315. 
Rai Syn. av. 115. sp. 7. 
genv. Lithol. 533. tab. 25. 
Kleines gesprenkeltes Wasser- 
huhn. Frisch, ii. 211. 
Rallus porzana. Gm. Lin. 712. 
Br. Zool. 130. L*. 1. Arct. 
Zool. ii. 199. i 
Tus species is not very frequent in Great 
Britain, and is said to be migratory. It inha- 
bits the sides of small streams, concealing itself 
among the bushes. Its length is nine inches; 
its breadth fifteen; its weight four ounces five 
drachms. ‘The head is brown, spotted with 
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1. SPOTTED. 
‘ 
Couchouan ou Marouette. Ar- 
DEscrir- 
TION. 
