PL AT ae CX. 
FULIC A, CH LOEROP US. 
WATER HEN, orn COMMON GALLINULE._ 
GRALLA. 
Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 
divided. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill fhort, thick, convex. Forehead bare. Toes finned. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Callusand garters red. Above deep olive, beneath cinereous. 
Outer edge of the wing, and tail coverts white. 
Furica Curoropus. Linn. Syf. 1. p. 258. 4.—Gmel. Sy. 1. 
p. 698. 
Fulica chloropus major. Rai Syn. p. 113. 4. 1.—Will. Orn. 
p. 233. 5+ 538. 
Chloropus major noftra. Aldr. av. 3. 177- 
E Gallinella 
