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Gai-lincla. birds. PRESSIROSTRES. 
female like the male Nest 'in fields, of dry plants. Eggs 14, of a dull white, 
with rust-coloured spots. Young with colours less vivid, and the plumage 
mixed with white spots — This species lives in dry places, and its muscular 
gizzard intimates its granivorous habits. It arrives in the end of April, and 
departs in October. It abounds in Orkney. 
Gen- LXI. GALLINULA. Gallinule.— -T oes bordered 
by a simple membrane. 
ISO. G. cliloropus. Common Gallinule or Water-Hen. — 
riumage, above, dark olive-brown ; beneath, dark bluish-grey ; 
edges of the wings and vent white. 
Will. Orn. 223. Sibb. Scot. 19 — Fulica chloropus, Linn. Syst. i. 258 — 
Common Gallinule, Penn. Brit. Zoot\. ii- 489. Temm. Orn. ii. 693.. — 
-G, Moor-Hen, Marsh-Hen, Cuddy; A, Stank-Hen; IF, Dwfriar. — 
Common near lakes and marshes. 
I.ength 14, breadth 22 inches ; weight 15 ounces. Bill red at the base, 
greenish towards the tip, Irides reddish-hazel. Legs and toes dusky-green, 
with a red garter above the knee. On the sides, a few white feathers. Fe- 
male less, and the red on the bill not so conspicuous. In both, this colour 
fades after the breeding-season Nest of flags, on the stump of a tree, near 
water. Eggs 5 to 1 0, light yellowish-brown, with rusty spots. 
131. G. For zona. Spotted Gallinule. — Plumage, above, 
olive-brown, with dusky streaks and white spots ; beneath, cine- 
reous-olive with white spots. 
Ballus Porzona, Linn. Syst. Penn. Brit. ZooL ii. 480 — Gal. Por. Temm. 
Orn. ii. 688 A summer visitant. 
Length 9 inches ; weight 4 ounces. Bill green, base orange-red. Irides 
hazel. Legs green. The front, throat and cheeks cinereous, the latter with 
black streaks. Middle feathers of the tail edged with white ; the under co- 
vers white. Female with brown spots on the sides of the neck — Nest of 
rushes, in marshes. Eggs 7 to 12, yellowish -red, with brown and grey dots 
and spots. Young smaller in size, less spotted — Nowhere abundant, but 
probably often overlooked in consequence of its shy habits. 
STRAGGLER-S. 
1. G. 'gmilla., Temm. Orn. ii. 690. — This species is about 7 inches long ; 
the wings reach to the extremity of the tail ; bill and feet bright green ; 
back black with white streaks. This species was first recorded by Montagu, 
in his Supplement to the Orn. Diet.., under the title. Little Gallinule. One 
specimen was killed at Ashburton, in Devonshire, in 1809. Mr Fothergili 
likewise states (Linn. Trans, xiv. 583.), that another was shot on 6th May 
1807, hy John Humphrey, Esq. of Wensley, on the banks of the Yore. 
2. G. Fdjambei. Olivaceous Gallinule. — Length about 7 inches ; wings 
reaching to half the length of the tail ; bill deep green ; legs flesh-coloured. 
Back and wings with white spots. This species was recorded by Montagu, 
in his Supplement, with the above trivial name, given in honour of Mr Fol- 
jambe, who detected it in a poulterer’s shop, to which it had been brought 
from Norfolk, in May 1812. Temminck, seven years after, named it, in 
honour of M. Ballon, G. Baillonii, (Orn. ii. 692.). A second specimen occurred 
to Mr Plasted at Chelsea, at the same time as the one saved to science by 
Mr Foljambe. 
