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CLOVE N-FOOTE D. 
by a web, as far as the firft joint. Claws, blunt, guttered 
below. 
Tongue, fagittal, blunted at the point. 
A new genus. Frequents watry places in New Zeland and 
Statenland. 
LXXV. GALLI- 
NULE. 
Bill, thick at the bafe, Hoping to the point; the upper mandible 
reaching far up the forehead, and not corneous. 
Body, comprelfed. 
Wings, ftiort and concave. 
Toes, long, divided to their origin. 
Tail, fhort. 
Ex. 
Water-Hen, Br. Zool. fol. tab. L. I. Br. Zool. II. tab. LXXVII. 
Inhabits Europe, Aft a , and America. 
Fulica of Linn.® us, Gallinula VI. and Porphyrio V. 5 22. of Brijfon , 
who has III fpecies of the firft, and X of the laft. In Bill and 
Legs, the Land-Rail agrees with this genus ; but, with us, 
differs in its manners, by refiding in dry places. But, as it mi- 
grates at approach of winter, it may, in warmer climates, dur- 
ing the feafon, inhabit fenny trades, to which the form of its 
legs are adapted. 
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