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CRESTED GALLINULE ? 
(Gallinula? cristata.) 
Ga.? Jronte cristata rubra, corpore supra cinereo-virescente, 
subtus capite colloque cinereis, abdomine medio albo. 
Gallinule ? with a red frontal crest, the body above ashy-green, 
beneath, the head and the neck ashy, the middle of the ab- 
domen white. 
Fulica cinerea. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 702. 
Gallinula cristata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 773. 
Crested Gallinule. Laih. Gen. Syn. 5. 267- 
Length eighteen mcKes : beak brownish : fore- 
head and crown of the head bare, and reddish, rising 
at the back part into a knob : the head and neck ash- 
colour: chin mottled with white: body and wings 
greenish-ash colour ; outer edge of the latter pale : 
under parts of the body pale ash: middle of the 
belly white : legs very stout and brown. Supposed 
to inhabit China. 
V. XII. P. I. 
