64 BIRDS. PINNATIPEDES. 44, 45, 46. 



legs dull green. Female without the red on the bill, and in fom> 

 the chin and belly are marked with white. 



214. G. Porzana. Above olive-brown variegated and 

 spotted with dusky and whitish, beneath grey with 

 white and brown spots : 2 middle tail-feathers edged 

 with white. 



Spotted Gallinule. Lewin t. 193. Donou. t. 122. Walcot. t. 172. 



Length g inches : extent 15: weight above 4 ounces. 



Bill greenish-yellow, reddish at the bafe : Iris reddish : over the 

 eyes a grey stripe : Jlanhs with dusky and white bars : vent and 

 under tail-coverts yellowish-white : legs pale olive-green, 



ORDER VII. PINNATIPEDES,, 



44. PHALAROPUS. Phatorope. 



215. Ph. Ttyperboreus . Grey, beneath white : breast grey: 

 wings with a white band : beneath the rump white : 

 sides of the neck ferruginous. Female, grey beneath: 

 eye-brows and base of the greater wing-coverts red- 

 dish : rump rufous. 



Red Phalarepe. Sow. Mifc. t. 10. Lewin 1. 194. Br. Zool. t. 76. 



Length 7 or 8 inches. Bill black : iris hazel : eyebrows white c 

 /capillars margined with dull yellow : quills dusky, the fecondaries 

 tipt with white t rump barred dusky and white : tail dusky : legs 

 lead-colour. Female above blackish with rufous margins : over the 

 eyes a rufous streak : rump rufous : breast and belly rufous. 



216. Ph. lobatus. Bluish-grey with dusky spots, beneath 

 white : head white : wing-coverts, wing and tail- 

 feathers blackish, with whirish margins. 



Grey Phalarope. Br. Zool. t. 76. Lewin t. 195. Walcot t. 156. 



Size fomething larger than the Purre : weight an ounce. 



Bill black, a little flattened at the top : crown often with a dark, 

 patch : cheeks with a dusky fpot : legs compressed, lead-colour. 



45. FULICA. Coot. 



217. F. atra. Front white or reddish: body blackish, 

 beneath dusky-grey : wings edged with white: garters 

 yellow. 



Bald Coot. Br. Zool. t. 77.. Lewin t. 196. Donovan t. 106. 



2. Larger, plumage deeper : front white : garters black. 



3. "White, with a few black fpots on the head and wings. 

 Length 16 inches : extent 30 : weight 24-28 ounces. 



Bill pale : iris hazel : legs dull green. Female rusty-brown on 

 the breast. 



46. PODICEPS. Grebe. 



218. P. cristatus. Dusky brown, beneath white : head 

 rufous, enlarged with a crest : collar black : inner 

 quills white, Adult bird. Cheeks and throat with a 

 bright tawny pendent ruff, 2-year old. Head smooth, 

 wings with a white spot, Young bird. 



Crested Grebe. Br. Zool. t. 78. Lewin. t. 197. Donov. t. 68. 



Length 23 inches : breadth 33 : weight between 2 and 3 pounds. 



Bill dusky towards the point, reddish at the bafe : iris crimfon* 

 crest erect each side the head, dusky ; from the bill t© the eyes a 



