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ON THE WATER-RAIL. 



B. Winglets without spines. 



a. Front, without a fleshy plate. 

 % Ortygometra. Crake. 



1. O. Crex. Corncrake. 



% O. Porzana. Spotted crake. 



3. O. Minuta. Little crake. 



4. O. Folgambei. Olivaceous crake. 



b. Front, with a fleshy plate. 



1. Toes bordered. 



3. Gallinula. Gallinule. 



1. G. Chloropus. Common gallinule. 



2. Toes lobed. 



4. Fulica. Coot. 



1. T. atra. Common Coot. 



