PEAT By CXXME 
RALLUS PORZANA. 
SMALL SPOTTED GALLINULE, or WATER-HEN. 
GRALLA. 
Bill roundifh. Tongue entire, flefhy. Thighs naked. Toes 
divided. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill compreffed, fharp. Noftrils oval. Toes four. Body com- 
preffed. 
SPECIFIG CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS, 
Above olive brown, variegated with fpots and dafhes of black and 
white: beneath afh-colour, with white marks. 
Rallus Porzana. Lin. Sy/?. Nat. 1. p. 262. 3.—-Gmel. Syft, 1. 
pe 722. 
Gallinula Porzana: fufco-olivacea nigro albidoque variegata et 
maculata, fubtus cinerea albido varia, reCtricibus 
K duabus 
