PLA 2B’ CIV. 
RALLUS AQUATICUS. 
WATER. RAIL. 
GRALLZ. 
Bill roundith. ai entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 
divided. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill compreffed, incurvated. “Tongue jagged at the end. poor 
¢ompreffed. ‘Tail fhort. “Toes four divided to the bafe. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Wings olive-brown with black fpots. Sides of the lower part of 
the belly marked with white. 
Rattus Aquaticus. Alis grifeis fufco maculatis, hypochondriis 
albo maculatis, roftro fubtus fulvo. Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 2. 755. I. 
Rattus Aquaticus. Linn. Syft. I. p. 262. 2. 
Gel. Syft. I. p. 712. 
Scheffe 
