CRESTED COOT. 
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Fulica Mexicana. Briss. Orn. 6. 31. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 704. 
Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 779. 
Fulica Mexicanae altera species, Yohoalcoachithis. Ray, Syn. 117. 
Mexican Coot. Lath. Gen. Syn. 8. 2/8. 
Larger than the Common Coot : its beak is red, 
with a yellow tip : its forehead is red : its head, neck, 
breast, belly, thighs, under wing and tail-coverts are 
purple : its quills are pale green : its back, rump, and 
wing-coverts are the same, but varied with blue and 
fulvous. Inhabits Mexico. 
CRESTED COOT. 
(Fulica cristata.) 
Fu. caruncula rubra bifida erectd, coiyore ccBruleo-nigricante. 
Coot with a red, bifid, erect caruncle, the body of a dusky blue. 
Fulica cristata. Gwel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 704. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 779. 
Grande Foulque de Madagascara crete. Biiff". Ois. 8. 222. Btiffl 
PI. Enl. 797. 
Crested Coot. Lath, Gen. Syn. 5. 278.pl. 90. 
A VERY singular species inhabiting Madagascar : it 
is larger than the Common Coot, measuring eighteen 
inches in length : its beak is red at the base, and 
whitish towards the tip : the crown of the head is 
bare, of a deep red, and rising into a bifid, detached, 
crest-like membrane : the entire plumage is blue- 
black : its legs are dusky, with a ring or garter above 
the knee of these colours, viz. red, green, and yellow. 
