
CrassIL COMMON GALLINULE. 421 
Gallinula chloropus. G. fronte Brisson av. vi. 3. Tab. 1. 3. COMMON. 
- fulva, armillis rubris, cor- Hist. dois. viii. 171. Pl. 
pore nigricante, crisso albo. Enl.. 877. 
‘Luth. Ind. orn. 770. id. Gallinella aquatica, Porzae 
Syn. v. 258. none. Zinan. 109. 
La Poulette d’eau. Belon av. Wasserhennl. Kram. 358. 
211. Rothblessige Kleine Wasser- 
Ein wasserhen. Gesner av. huhn. Frisch, ii. 200. 
W501. Fulica chloropus. Gm. Lin. 
Chloropus major nostra. Aldr. 698. 
av. ill. 177. Brunnich, 191. Scopoli, No. 
Common Water-hen, or Moor- 153. 
hen. Wil. orn. 312. Br. Zool. 131. L 1. Arcé. 
Rai Syn. av. 113. Zool. ii. 199. 
Gallinula, la poule deau. 
THE male of this species weighs about fif- 
teen ounces; its length to the end of the tailis Descrir- 
fourteen inches; the breadth twenty-two. The " 
crown of the head, hind part of the neck, the 
back, and coverts of the wings, are of a fine, 
but very deep olive green; the under side of 
the body cinereous; the chin and belly mottled 
with white; the quil feathers and tail dusky; 
the exterior side of the first primary feather, 
and the ridge of the wings white; the vent 
black; the feathers just beneath the tail white; 
the legs dusky green. ‘The colors of the plu- 
mage in the female, are much less brilliant than 
those of the male; in size it is also inferior. Mr. 
