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A DESCRIPTION OF 
fence. It changes its whitish colour to a pale red or pink 
in the breeding season. Coots are very shy, and seldom 
venture abroad before dusk. When attacked, they defend 
themselves with their feet, and they do this so energetically, 
that sportsmen say, " Beware of a winged Coot, or he 
will scratch you like a cat." 
SECTION VI. 
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THE PELICAN ( Pelecanus onocrotdlus,} 
Is in size nearly equal to a swan ; the colour of the body 
is white, inclining to a pink hue ; the beak is straight and 
long, with a sharp hook at the end ; the gullet, or skin 
of the lower mandible, is so capable of distension, that it 
