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SPOTTED GALLINULE. Class If. 



XXXV. 

 GALLI- 



NULE. 



BILL thick at the bafe floping to the point, the 

 upper mandible reaching far up the forehead, 

 callous. 



WINGS fhort and concave. 



BODY compreifed. 



TOES long, divided to the origin. 



21 C. Spot- Gailinula ochra (Wynker- 

 ted. nell). Gefner. aw. .513. 



Porcellana, Porzana, Grug- 



netto. Alar, av. III. 181. 



Grinetta. Wil. om.fp, 8. p. 



Rail fyn. au. 115. fp. 7. 



Rallus aquat. minor, fi*e 

 Maruetta, le petit Raile 

 d'Eau, ou la Mfj-ouette. 



BriJJon av. V. 1 55. tab. 13. 



fig- «« 

 Couchouan ou Marouette. 



Argen-u. Lit be I. q 3 3 . tab. 25, 

 Kleines gefprenkeltes WafTer- 



huhn. Frifchy II. 211. 

 Rallus porzana. Lin. fyfi, 



262. 

 Br. Zool. 130. 



THIS fpecies is not very frequent in Great Bri- 

 tain, and is faid to be migratory. Inhabits 

 the fides of fmall ftreams, concealing itfelf among 

 Descrif. the bufhes. Its length is nine inches ; its breadth 

 fifteen : its weight four ounces five drachms. 

 The head is brown, fpotted with black ; the neck 

 a deep olive, fpotted with white ; from the bill be- 

 yond the eyes is a broad grey bar : the feathers of 

 the back are black next their fliafts, then olive co- 

 lored, and edged with white: thefcapulars are olive, 



finely 



