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ALLEN’S naturalist’s LIBRARY. 
Tt ?roba|^°brSs’ b^F’nSi''^ j” 
Kange outside the British Islands Raillnn’o n i 
to be somewhat irregularly distrihuteri fi, appears 
Southern Europe as k is Lt fn^ r ‘’’''““ghout Central and 
or Poland, but^? extends S 
Gulf, being replaced in Eastern S'h^" y) ^he Persian 
the allied fpedS, and China by 
throughout Africa and the nlnne P ,'P suitable localities 
greet, «“ '"e 
congeners, but, fVonr'tts^ma'll sire resemble those of its 
observation. * , it is even more difficult of 
Nest.-Small, made of rushes and reeds. 
redSjS„‘° A'"' >>'»»”. »ith 
much in evidence Thl StlW '5' 
the moor-hens, genus gali.inula. 
Gallinula, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 3 (1760). 
Type, G. chloropus (Linn.). 
shield! the plurntge "dnf SS"* d’’ 
The toes are long, the middle nne generally blackish, 
tarsus in length t they have a n" claw exceeding the 
do not have a scalloped lobe like thTcoot^' TL"”^^^^ 
are decMedI, than ,be%„'mS ' ' "“"toies 
oval, and sttuated in a distinct nasal de^lSsJ 
I. THE MOOR-HEN. G.ALLINULA CHLOROPUS. 
Fulua chloropus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (1766). 
