GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. 
COMMON GALLINULE; 
or, WATER HEN, 
Generic Character. 
Bill thick at the base, compressed at the sides, having 
a bare skin extending from the base up the forehead. 
Wings and tail short. ♦ 
Legs flattened at the sides. 
Toes long% divided to their origin, and furnished with 
a narrow serrated edging. 
Synonyms. 
Gallinula Chloropus. Jnd. Orn. 2. 770. 13. 
FuLicA CiiLOROPus. Lifi. Si/st. 1. p. 258. 4. 
Common Gallinule. £r. ZooL 2. 217. tab. 77. 
lb. foL 131. tab. L. 1. Arct. ZooL 
2. 41 1. lb. Supt. p. 69. Lath. Sj/n, 
5. p. 258. 12. Mont. Orn. Diet. 
Vol. 1. Bewick's Br. Birds, Pt. I. 
p. 123. 
Egg. Ovarium Brit. Pi. 2. 
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J_ii^^NGTH fourteen, and breadth twenty-two inches, 
weight twelve to sixteen ounces. Bill strong, an inch and a 
quarter long, the skiq at the base is of a bright scarlet co- 
lour during the springs but as the year advances it becomes 
paler, and in w inter is frequently white 5 iridesred; toes 
long; 
