Cuass II. COMMON COOT. 
GENUS XIV. COOT. 
Bit short and thick, with a callus extending 
up the forehead. 
Nosrris narrow and pervious. 
Tors furnished with broad scalloped mem- 
branes. - 
Brisson av. vi. 23. tab. 
Sig. 1. Hist. dois. viii. 211. 
Pl. Enl. 197. 
Fulica atra. F. fronte incar- 
nata, armillis luteis, cor- 
pore nigricante. Lath. Ind. 
orn. 777: id. Syn. v. 275- 
id. Sup. i. 259. id. Sup. ii. 
328. 
Rohr-hennl, Blassl. Kram. 357. 
Weisblessige grosse Wasser- 
Folaga, o Polon. Zinan. 108.. 
La Poulle d’eau. Belon av. 
181. . 
Fulica recentiorum. Gesner. 
av. 300. 
Follega, Follata, Fulca. Aldr. 
av. iii. 39, 42. 
Wil. orn. 319. 
Rai Syn. av. 116. 
La Foulque, ou Morrelle. 
huhn.: Frisch, ii. 208. 
Fulica atra. Gm. Lin. 702. 
Blas-klacka. Faun. Suec. sp. 
193. 
Danis Vand-Hoene, Bles- 
Hoene. Brunnich, 190. 
Liska. Scopoli, No. 149, 
Br. Zool. 132. F. Arct. Zool. 
li. 205. 
THESE birds weigh from twenty-four to 
twenty-eight ounces. ‘Their belly is ash-co- 
lored, and on the ridge of each wing isa line of 
white; every part besides is of a deep black; 
the legs are of a yellowish green; above the 
knee is a yellow spot. 
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29, 1. COMMON. 
DescrirP- 
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