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PINNATED F E E To 
Nostrils, incline to oval, narrow, fhort. 
Tongue. 
Body, comprefied. Wings., fhort. 
Toes, long, furniflied with broad fcalloped membranes. 
Tail, fhort. 
Ex. 
Coot, Br. Zool.fol. tab . F. Br. Zool. II. tab. LXXVII. 
Inhabits Europe , Afia t and Africa. 
Continues much on the water, makes a large neft of water-plants, 
lays fix or feven eggs. In winter, ofttimes are feen in great 
flocks on arms of the fea. 
Fulica of Linnhlus, and Brijfon VI. 23. Li.nn^us has only 
II fpecies, for he mixes other birds with them. Brijfon 
has II. 
hX XVIII. 
.GREBE. 
Bill, ftrong, (lender, fharp pointed. 
Nostrils, linear. 
Tongue, (lightly cloven at the end. 
Body, deprefied. Feathers, thick-fet, compadt, and very fmooth 
and glofly. 
Tail, none. Wings, fhort. 
Legs, placed very far behind, very thin, or much comprefied - s 
doubly ferrated behind. 
Toes, furnifhed on each fide with a broad, plain membrane. 
Ex. 
Grebe, Br. Zool.fol. tab. K. Br. Zool. II. tab. LXXVIII. 
Congenerous birds, found in moft countries ; north as high as 
Hudfon's-Bay , and fouth as far as lat. 48. 30. and long. 58. 7. 
eaft. 
