CLOVEN - FOOTED, 
Fratincola, Kramer Auftr. 382. 
Inhabits Southern Europe. 
Pratincola , or inhabitant of meadows, a name given it by Dr. 
Kramer, and adopted by me; placed by Linnaeus with the 
Hirundo , by Brijfon among his GlareoLe. 
Bill, (lender, a little compreffed, and (lightly incurvated. 
Nostrils, fmall. 
Tongue, rough at the end. 
Body, much comprdfed.- 
Tail, very fhort. 
Water-Rail, Br.. Z00L II. tab. LXXV. 
Inhabits Europe , Afia, and America. 
Rallus of Linn/eus, who places it among others very different, 
fuch as the Land-Rail, &c. Brijfon calls the genus Rallus, but 
mixes with it others of another genus. 
Bill, ftrong, thick, a little convex : upper of the upper mandible 
lodged in a corneous (heath. Sometimes elevated and open in 
front : at other times clofely applied to the bill ; reaching be- 
yond the edges of the mandible. 
Nostrils, fmall : juft appearing out of the (heath. 
Orbits, naked, granulated. 
Wings, armed at the fecond flexure with a hard knob. 
Legs and Toes, thick, gallinaceous. Toes edged with a 
thick membrane. The middle toe connected to the next 
by 
4rX 
Ex. 
LXXIII. RAIL. 
Ex, 
LXXIV. 
SHEATH-BILL*- 
