16 COOT. 



2.— GREATER COOT. 



Fulica aterrima, Ind. Om. ii 778. Lin. i. 258. Gm.Lin.i. 703. Borowsk. iii. 98. 

 Fulica major, Bris. v. 28. t.2. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 366. Faun. Helvet. Rail, 117. 2. 



Will. 239. t, 15. If/ein, p. 151. /rf. Ston. 40. t.40. f. 2. Zrf. Ou. 36. t. 12. f.3? 



Gerin.'w. t. 524. 

 Fulica fuliginosa, Scop. i. No. 150. 



Grosser Bloessling met der Weissen Blaze, Gunth. Nest.u. Ey. t. 36. 

 Das swarze Wasserhulin, Bechst. Deutsch. iii. 259. 

 La Foulque a jarretieres rouge, Voy. d'Asara, iv. No. 448. 

 Greater Coot, Gen. Syn. v. p. 277. Br. Zoo/, ii. No. 221. Id. 1S12. ii. p. 129. Will. 



Engl. 320. Bewick, ii. p. 137. Walcot, ii. pi. 168. 



THIS is larger than the Common Sort, with a similar plumage, 

 but blacker; it is distinguished, too, by the bare part of the forehead 

 being white, and the garter of a deep red. 



This is found in Lancashire and Scotland, and recorded by authors 

 as a distinct Species; said to be more plentiful on the Continent, and 

 very common in Russia, and the western part of Siberia; also about 

 Sologne, in France, where it is called Judelle, and allowed to be 

 eaten on Maigre Days; the flesh much esteemed. 



A. — Size uncertain. Bill flesh-colour ; irides red ; head, neck, and 

 body bluish black ; back, wings, and tail deep brown ; a large square 

 patch of white, near the edge, about the middle of the wing ; legs 

 pale olive green. 



Inhabits India, and called Khuskull. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



M. Azara, in his work above quoted, mentions this as frequenting 

 the Rivers of Paraguay, having seen three or four pairs; that they 

 swam with great ease, though perhaps less so than a Duck ; and 

 he thinks it to be distinct from the Common Coot. 



