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COMMON COOT. 
Coots occur in various parts of the continents of 
Europe, Asia, and America : they feed upon insects 
and aquatic vegetables : they moult but once a year: 
they delight in marshy and wet places, and hide 
themselves during the day, skulking about of an 
evening in search of food. 
COMMON COOT. 
j- (Fulica atra.) 
Vv.Jronte incarnata, corpore nigricante, armilUs hcteis. 
Coot with the front flesh-colour, the body dusky, the armlllae 
yellowish. 
Fulica atra. Litin. Si/st. Nat. 1. 257- Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. J . 702. 
Briss. Orn. 6. 23. pi. 2.f. 2. Raii, Syii. 116. A. Lath. hid. 
Orn. 2. 777. 
Fulica aterrima. Linyi. Si/st. Nat. 1. 258. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 
703. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 778. 
Fulica major. Briss. 5. 28. pi. 2.f. 2. Raii, Syn. 1 17. 
Le Foulque, ou Morelle. Buff. Ois. 8. 21 1 . IS. Buff. PI. 
Enl. 197. Ciiv. Reg. Anim. 1. 503. 
La Grande Foulque, ou la Macroule. Buff. Ois. 8. 220. 
Foulque Macroule. Temm. man. d'Orn. 454. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 706. 
Greater Coot. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. No. 211. Lath. Gen. Syn. 
5.277. Wale. Syn. 2. pi. 168. Mont. Orn. Diet. ] . Bexv. 
Brit. Birds, 2. 137. 
Common Coot. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. No. 220. i^l. 77. Penn. 
Arct. Zool. 2. No. 416. Alb. Birds, \. pi. 83. Lath. Gen. 
Syn. 5. 275. Lath. Syn. Sup. 259. Lath. Syn. Suj?. ii. 328. 
Wale. Syn. 2. 167. Lexvin. Brit. Birds, 5. 195. Don. 
Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 106. Mont. Orn. Diet. 1. and Sup. Betv. 
Brit. Birds, 2. 133. 
