408 GALLINULE. 



under mandible yellow, the rest black ; bare part of the forehead 

 yellow; head and neck blackish; upper parts of the body and 

 wings chestnut; breast, belly, and sides, dull ash-colour, crossed 

 with indistinct lines of white ; tail rounded, chestnut, the two outer 

 feathers white ; legs green. 



The female differs in being paler. According to Buftbn, it is 

 common in Italy, about Bologna, where it goes by the common 

 name of Porzane. 



10— SPECKLED GALLINULE. 



GuHinula maculata, hid. Om. ii. 772. Tern. Man. 450. Id. Ed. 2d. 695. 



Tringa maculata, Gm. Lin. i. 701. 



Porphyrio punctulatus, Bris. v. 530. Id. Svo. ii. 354. 



Gallinula erythra Gesneri, Rail, 109. Will. 226. t. 26. 



Das geflekte Meerhuhn, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 248. 



Matkneltzel, Matkern, Will. Engl. 304. Klein, 101. 8. 



Spotted Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 266. 



SIZE of the Crake Gallinule; length eleven inches. Bill dull 

 yellow; forehead bare; plumage rufous brown, with black and 

 white spots on the wings; sides of the head, throat, and neck before, 

 white ; from thence to the vent brown ; the two middle tail feathers 

 black, tipped with white, the others brown ; legs grey. 



Inhabits the marshes of Germany. 



1 1 —YELLOW-LEGGED GALLINULE. 



Gallinula flavipes, Ind. Orn. ii. 773. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 695. 



Fulica flavipes, Gm. Lin. i. 702. 



Porphyrio rufus, Bris. v. 534. Id. Svo. ii. 354. 



Gallinula ochropus major, Raii, 115. Will. 236. Klein, 101. 2. Gesn. Av. p. 452. 



Das gelbfussige Meerhuhn, Bechst. Deuts. iii. 249. Naturf. xiii. s.219. No. 132. 



La Smirring, Buf. viii. 180. Will. Engl. 316. § vii. 



Yellow-legged Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 266. 



SIZE of the Common Gallinule. Bill yellow, end black; edges 

 of the eyelids saffron-colour ; forehead bare, pale yellow ; the rest of 



