COOT. 17 



3— CRESTED COOT— Pl. clxv. 



Fuliea cristata, Ind. Om. ii. 779. Gm. Lin. i. 704. 



Grande Foulque 4 Crete de Madagascar, Buf viii. 222. Pl. enl. 797. 



Crested Coot, Gen. Syn. v. 278. 3. pl. 90. 



LENGTH eighteen inches. Bill whitish, with the base red; the 

 whole crown bare, and of a deep red, rising- upwards into a bifid, 

 detached membrane, like a crest, as in some of the Jacana Species ; 

 the whole plumage blue black ; legs dusky, and formed as in the 

 Common Sort. 



Inhabits Madagascar, and probably China also, as such an one 

 may be seen painted in Chinese drawings. The garter above the 

 knee of three colours — red, green, and yellow; the name of the bird 

 Tzing Kye. 



4— MEXICAN COOT. 



Fuiica Mexicana, Ind. Om. ii. 779. Bris. vi. 31. Id. 8vo. ii. 367. Gm. Lin. i. 704. 

 Fulicpe Mexicana; altera Species, Yohoalcoachillin, Rati, 117. 

 Mexican Coot, Gen. Syn. v. 278. 



SIZE of the Greater Coot. Bill red, with a yellow tip ; forehead 

 bare, and red ; head, neck, breast, belly, thighs, under wing and 

 tail coverts purple ; back, rump, and wing coverts pale green, varied 

 with blue and fulvous; quills pale green. — Inhabits Mexico. 



5— CINEREOUS COOT. 



Fuiica Americana, Ind. Om. ii. 779. Gm. Lin. i. 704. Frankl. Narr. App. p. 690. 

 Fuiica Floridana, Great Blue, or Slate-coloured Coot of Florida, Bartr. Trav. 294. 

 Cinereous Coot, Gen. Syn. v. 279. 



SMALLER than the Common Coot. Bill pale green ; bare 

 space over the forehead smaller than in that Species, and chestnut ; 



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