404 GALLINULE. 



with ferruginous,, having longitudinal lines of white on the back ; 

 belly and vent black, crossed with narrow white bands; legs green. 

 Inhabits the salt lakes, and reedy places in Dauuria, and often 

 flirts up the tail between the wings, carrying it in that manner. 



7— COMMON GALLINULE. 



Gallinula Chloropus, Ind. Orn. ii. 770. Raii,U3. A. \. Id. 190. 15. Will.2'23. 



t. 58. Bris. vi. 3. 1. t. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 358. Klein, 103. 2 ? Schcef. el. t. 30. 



Tern. Man. 449. Id. Ed. 694. 

 Fulica Chloropus, Lin. i. 258. 4. Gin. Lin. i. 69S. Scop. i. No. 153. Brun. No. 



191. Mull. p. 27. Kram. 358. 1. Frisch, t. 209. Sepp, t. p. 71. Fn. arag. 



p. 79. Fn. Helv. Klein, Ov. iii. t. 12. f. 3. Gerin, v. pi. 586. 

 Gallinula orientalis, Lin. Trans, xiii. 195. 329. Var ? 

 Poule d'Eau, Buf. viii. 171. pi. 15. PL enl. 877. Hist. Prov. i. 352, 

 Le Gallinelle, Celt. uc. Sard. 377. 

 Wachtel Konig, Schmid, Fog. 133. t. 118. 

 Der Grunfuss, Naturf. xiii. 191. 218. Id. xviii. s. 234. 

 Das Grunfussiges Meerhuhn, Bechst. Dents, iii. 237. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 489. 

 Gallinella aquatica, Porzanone, Zinn. Uov. 109. t. 29. f. 98. 

 L'Yahana proprement dit, Foy d" 1 Azara, iv. No. 379. 



Common Water Hen, or Moor Hen, Alb. ii. t. 72. & iii. pi. 91. Will. Engl. 312. pi. 58. 

 Common Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 258. Br. Zool. ii. No. 217. pi. 77. Id.fol. 131. 



pi. L. Id. 1812. ii. 121. pi. 22. f- 1. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 411. Id. Sup. p. 69. 



Fl. Scot. i. No. 163. Hayes, pi. 30. Bewick, ii. pi. p. 128. Lewin, v. pi. 191. 



Id. xxxvi. 2. — the egg. Walcot, ii. pi. 169. Donov. pi. 110. Pult. Dors. p. 16. 



Orn. Diet. 



LENGTH fourteen inches ; weight about fifteen ounces. Bill 

 red, tip greenish ; at the base a red, bare membrane, spreading some 

 way on the forehead ; irides reddish ; the plumage in general is sooty 

 black above, with a tinge of olive; beneath cinereous; sides over 

 the thighs black, streaked with white; the outer edge of the wing, 

 and under tail coverts white; above the joint, at the commencement 

 of the bare part, a circle, or garter of red ; the rest of the bare 

 space and legs are greenish ; toes flat, and broad. The female is 



