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GALLINULE. 



GENUS LXXXVII1— GALLINULE. 



* With moderate Bills. 



1 Crake Gallinule 



2 Grinetta 



3 Spotted 



4 Olivaceous 



5 Little 



6 Dwarf 



7 Common 



8 Brown 



9 Great 



10 Speckled 



1 1 Yellow-legged 



12 Piping 



13 Abyssinian 



14 White-chinned 



15 Mournful 



16 Javan 



17 Madras 



18 Kookra 



19 Crested 



20 Green 



21 Red-tailed 

 A Var. 



B Var. 



22 Carthagena 



23 Cayenne 



24 Chiricote 



25 Black-bellied 



26 Variegated 



27 Martinico 



28 Favourite 



29 Crowine 



30 Yellow-breasted 



31 Soree 



32 Rufous-breasted 

 A Var. 



* * With Bills very strong 

 and thick. 



33 Jamaica 



34 Minute 

 A Var. 



35 Violet 



36 Purple 



37 Black-headed 



38 Black-backed 



39 Black-jointed 



40 White 



41 New-Holland 



oIRDS of this Genus have the bill thick at the base, and sloping 

 at the point; the base of the upper mandible reaching far upon the 

 forehead, where it becomes membranaceous. 



Body compressed. 



Wings short, and concave. 



Tail short. 



Toes divided to their origin. 



* WITH MODERATE BILLS. 



].— CRAKE GALLINULE. 



Gallinula Crex, Ind. Orn. ii. 766. 



Rallus Crex, Lin. i. 261. Fn. suec. No. 194. Gm.Lin.i. 711. Scop. i. No. 154. 

 Sepp, t. p. 275. Brun. No. 192. Muller, No. 218. Frisch, t. 212. b. Georgi, 

 p. 172. Fn. arag. p. 79. Borowsk. iii. 100. t. 55. Fn. Helv. Schoef. el. t. 60. 

 Gerin. iii. t. 248. Tern. Man. 445. Id. Ed. 2d. p. 687. 



