494 c ° ° T - Class II. 



XXXVir. Short 'thick BILL, with a callus extending up the 

 COOT - forehead. 



. NOSTRILS narrow and pervious. 



TOES furniflied with broad fcalloped membranes. 



&o. Com- 



La Poulle d'eau. Belon a<v. 



Rohr-hennli_ Blasfl. .&>#;». 



M ON. 



181. '\- ' " 



35 7; , 





Fulica recentiorum. Gefrier 



Weifblaeffige groiTe Waffer- 





a~u. 390. 



hulin. Fr^fc&, II. 208. 





Foliega, Follata, Fulca. Aldr> 



Fulica atra. Lin. fyft. 257 . 





a-v. ni. 39, 42. 



Blas-klacka. Faun. Suec. Jp, 





Wit. orn. 319. 



193- 





Rail fyn. a?v. 116. 



Danis Vand-Hoene, Bles- 





La Foulque, cu Morrelle. 



Kcene. Brunnicb, 190. 





Brijfon a~o. VI. 23. tab. 2. 



Br. ZgoL 132. 





fig- I- 



Lilka. Scopoli, No. 149. 





FolSga, Poion. Zinan. 108. 





Descrip. ' I ^HESE birds weigh from twenty-four to twen- 

 | ty-eight ounces. Their belly is afh-colored ; 

 and on the ridge of each wing is a line of white : 

 every part befides is of a deep black : the legs are 

 of a yellowifh green : above the knee is a yellow 

 fpot. 



Coots frequent lakes and dill rivers : they make 

 their neft among the Yufhes, with grafs, reeds, &c. 

 floating on the water, fo as to rife and fall with it* 

 They lay five or fix large eggs, of a dirty whi- 

 tifti hue, fprinkled over with minute deep ruft co- 

 lor fpotsj and we have been credibly informed that 



they 



