GALLINULE. 399 



A. — Crake Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 251. Var. B. Ind. Orn. ii. 707. y. 



This seems rather smaller than our bird; the plumage much the 

 same on the upper parts; wing coverts and beneath the body rusty 

 brown ; legs dusky. — In Chinese paintings. 



B.— Crake Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 250. Var. A. Ind. Orn. ii. 766. 1. A. 



Size of the European Species. Bill somewhat larger, and black ; 

 the upper parts of the plumage fine rufous brown, beneath much 

 paler; quills and tail darkest; chin and vent reddish white; legs 

 dusky red. I received this from Jamaica, where it is said to have 

 the manners of our Gallinule. 



2— GRINETTA GALLINULE. 



Gallinula nsevia, Ind. Orn. ii. 772. 



Fulica nsevia, Gm. Lin. i. 701. 



Porphyrio nsevius, Bris. v. 538. Id. 8vo. ii. 355. 



Poliopus, Gallinula minor, Raii, 114. Will. 235. t. 58. 



La Grinette, Buf. viii. 179. 



Small Water Hen, Alb. ii. pi. 73. 



Grinetta Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 263. Will. Engl. 315. pi. 58. 



LENGTH under ten inches, breadth sixteen. Bill and irides 

 yellowish green ; forehead bare, and yellow ; head and body above 

 black, the feathers margined with rufous; those of the back fringed 

 with white ; over the eye a white streak ; throat, fore part of the 

 neck, and breast, bluish ash, spotted with black ; belly and thighs 

 pale rufous ; sides barred black and white ; wing coverts rufous, 

 with transverse, waved, or zigzag lines; quills dusky brown, edged 

 with white ; tail the same, but the two middle feathers white on 

 both margins; legs dull yellow. This is said to inhabit Italy, about 

 Bologna, and known by the name of Grinetta; at Milan, called 

 Gillerdine; and at Florence, Tordo gelsemino. It seems a doubtful 

 species, and a bird in incomplete plumage. Most probably belong- 

 ing to the Crake Gallinule. 



