392 COO T. ClafsiL 



" being afterwards informed by Mr. Johnfon, that it 

 " is much upon the wing, and hath fharp wings, and 

 cc cries like a fmall gull, differs alfo in the falhion of 

 *' the bill •, I changed my opinion, &c. 



Mr. Edwards, tab. 143. fig. 1. that bears a good 

 deal of refembiance to this: and Linn^eus's fecond 

 fpecies, No. 179. of the Fauna Suecica, feems to be 

 the very fame with Mr. Ray's : fo we find thefe birds 

 are common to England, Lapland and Hudfon's Bay. 

 JLinnaus having received his from Lapland, and Mr* 

 Edwards his from that part of North America. 



Genus IX. The COOT. 

 I. The COO T. 



La Poulkd'c2u. Belonarj. 181. a<v. vi. 23. tab. 2. fig. 1. 



Fulica recentiorum. Gefner am. Folaga, o Polon. Zinan. 16?. 



390. Rohr-hennl, Blasfl. Kram. 357, 



Fol!ega,Follata,Fulca. Aldr. av, Fulica atra. Lin.fyft.25y. 



iii. 39-42. B!as-klacka. Faun. Suec. fp. 193. 



Wil.om. 319. Daws Vand-Hoene,Bles-Hoene. 

 Rati fyn. a<v. 1 16. Brimich 1 90. 



LaFouIque, ou Morelle. Bri/fon Br. Zool. 132. 



Defer. ' i""^ HESE birds weigh from twenty-four to 



twenty-eight ounces. Their belly is afh- 



colored -, and on each wing is a fpot 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 ftili rivers : they make 

 their neft among the rufhes, 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 whitifh 

 hue, fprinkled over with minute deep ruft color fpots. 

 In winter they often repair to the fea : we have feen 

 1 the 



