BIRDS. GRALLiE. 59. Fuiica. 4at 
59. FULICA. Bill convex, upper mandi- 
ble arched over the lower at the edge, 
lower gibbous near the tip nojlvils 
oblong; bald : 4-toed, fub- 
pinnate. * 
frequent liters, and feed orv worms, infefts and fmall 
f.Ili ; have a body compreffed ; bill thick and bent m towards 
the tip, th^ upper mandible reaching far up the forehead; 
witiffs and tail fhort. The GaUinidts have the feet cleft, the 
upper mandible membranaceous at the bale, and the w.ngj 
concave. The Coots have the toes iurrounded by a Icalloped 
membrane, the mandibles equal, nollrils oval, narrow and 
fliort. 
A. Feet cleft. Gallinule, 
Front and bracelets yellowifli; body brownilli. Brawn G.^ 
2. Body above chefnut, beneath cinereous, the feathers edged 
with white ; head and neck blackifh ; lower part o 
the belly white. n n 1 
Inhabits Se«iAerii£«ro/'c ; 12 inches long! flelh good. 
RilL olive-green ; /!cgi and body above olive-brown, beneath ci- 
nereous waved with white ; edges of the wings white ; outei 
tail-feather each fide white. 
Front tawny ; bracelets red ; body blackifh. 
^ ’ Moor-hen. Commen G. 
Inhabits Europe and America: 14 inches long ; flies with dif- 
ficulty, but runs and I'wims well ; builds near the water fide 
on low trees or fiirubs ; ftrikes with its bill like a hen ; lays 
7 dirty-white eggs twice or thrice a year, thinly fpotted with 
tufty ; flefti delicious. 
•fit^^red, with a greenifh tip; irids red; body above fqoty 
mixed with olive, beneath cinereous ; outer edge of the wings 
and lowc): tail-coverts white ; legs gveenilh ; toes at, 
broadifli. 
Above green, beneath white ; front, bill and legs greenifli 
yellow. 
Inhabits India; ii-i- inches long ; claws grey. 
a Melanccet' 
