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scolloped membrane, in the manner of the Plialarope, or Coot; the 

 colour orange ; claws pretty long, and hooked, the middle one ser- 

 rated on the inner edge ; the wings reach to about one-third on tlie 

 tail. — Inhabits Africa. The above description taken from a speci- 

 men in the collection of Mr. H. Brogden. I observe a second also 

 in that of Mr. Bullock ; and a third in the possession of Mr. Lead- 

 beater ; but the last is smaller, the colour and spots less defined, 

 and most probably differs in sex, or may not have arrived at perfect 

 maturity. 



2— AMERICAN FINFOOT. 



Plottis Surinamensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 896. G»i. Lin. i. 581. 



Le Grebe-foulque, Buf. viii. 248. PI. enl. 893. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. cvi. Podoa. 



Oiseau de Soleil, Descr. Surin.n. 192. 



Le Macas a doigtier, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 440. 



Surinam Tern, Brown, III. p. 90. pi. 39. 



Surinam Darter, Gen. Syn.y'x. 026. 



SIZE of a Teal; length thirteen inches, Bill one inch and one- 

 eighth long, pale, and sharp at the point ; hides red ; crown of the 

 head black, and the feathers elongated into a small crest; the head 

 small ; the neck slender, and long in proportion to the body; cheeks 

 bright bay; from the corners of each eye a line of white; sides, and 

 hind part of the neck, longitudinally marked with lines of black and 

 white; back, wings, and tail dusky brown ; the last wedge-shaped, 

 and tipped with white ; the upper coverts very long, giving the 

 appearance of two tails, one above the other; breast and belly white- 

 legs short, pale dusky; toes four in number, three before and one 

 behind ; the forward ones furnished on each side with a lobated 

 membrane, and crossed with several bars of black, four on the outer 

 toe, three on the middle, and two on the inner; claws rather bent, 

 and sharp ; the hind toe free, but with a single plain membrane ; 

 the quills reach to within an inch of the length of the tail, which, 



towards the end, is crossed with a bar of dusky black. 



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