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CINEREOUS COOT. 
"/" (Fulica Americana.) 
Vv.Jronte albidd, co7-pore cinereo, gidd ahdomineque medio albis. 
Coot with a whitish front, the body grey, tlie tliroat and middle 
of the abdomen white. 
Fulica Americana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 704. Lath. Lid. Orn. 
2. 779. 
Cinereous Coot. Loth. Gen. Si/n. 5. 279. 
A SMALL species, less than the common one : its 
beak is pale green : the bare part of the forehead is 
white : the general colour of the plumage is dusky- 
ash, palest beneath : its chin and down the middle of 
the belly are dusky-white : the legs are blue-black : 
the membranes of the toes are narrower than in any 
other of the species. It is said to inhabit North 
America j and is probably the young of the pre- 
ceding. 
MEXICAN COOT. 
■/-(Fulica Mexicana.) 
Yu.Jronte coccined, corpore pallide virescente cyaneo fulvoque 
variegato, subtus capite collogue purpiireis. 
Coot with the forehead deep red, the body variegated with pale 
green, blue, and fulvous ; beneath, with the head and neck, 
purple. 
