CINEEEOUS COOT. 
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- {gallinula chloropus ;) but there is not, per- 
O ®ne of the latter, for twenty of the former. 
cinereous coot is sixteen inches in length, and 
•^'■y'cight in extent ; bill, one and a half inch long, 
tij, ‘®> the upper mandible slightly notched near the 
low marked across with a band of chestnut, the 
of mandible marked on each side M’ith a squarish spot 
yeU * colour, edged on the lower part with bright 
U, or gamboge, thence to the tip, pale horn colour ; 
ifjj , cf the forehead, dark chestnut brown ; 
®®*''^clian red ; beneath the eyes, in most speci- 
8^ ?> ^ whitish spot ; the head and neck are of a deep 
black, resembling satin ; back and scapulars, 
OOy Sceenish olive ; shoulders, breast, and M'ing- 
slate blue ; the under parts are hoary ; vent, 
Sog i beneath the tail, pure white; primaries and 
Hijr^m-ies, slate, the former tipt with black, the latter 
(jg * "'hite, which docs not appear when the wing is 
*008 ’ edges of the wings, white; legs and 
l^ttf! ^yUcwish green, the scalloped membrane of the 
colour ; middle toe, including the claw, three 
and three quarters long. 
® bird from w'hich the foregoing description was 
tlij shot in the Delaware, below Philadelphia, 
of October, 1813. It was an old male, an 
OWj *®monly fine specimen, and weighed twenty-three 
pj'es avoirdupois. It is deposited in Peale’s Museum, 
thjjt ® young birds differ somewhat in their plumage, 
lli^f the head and neck being of a brownish black ; 
breast and shoulders, pale ash; the throat, 
Ijtji mottled ; the bill, bluish white ; and the mem- 
Xh **** forehead, considerably smaller. 
•Ualjg* young females very much resemble the young 
k) jj ’ ®}1 the difference which I have been enabled 
is as follows : — breast and shoulders, 
on the bill, less; upper parts of 
bl some specimens, mottled ; and being less 
iower parts of these birds are clothed with a 
down, and, particularly betnecn the thighs. 
