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It. Fiilica Cayetienfis, the Cayenne gallincile: this 
bird approaches the heron by the length of its neck, and 
removes from the water-hen by the length ofitsbill. It 
is the largeff of the genus, being eighteen inches long ; 
the neck and the head, the tail, the lower belly, and 
the thighs, are brown grey ; the upper furface is dull 
olive ; the fiomach and the quills of the wings are rufous 
inclined to reddifli. It is very common in the fwamps of 
Guiana, and is feen even in the ditches of tlie town of 
Cayenne ; it lives on fmall fifh and aquatic infetls; when 
young its plumage is entirely grey, which becomes red- 
difli after moulting. 
12. Fulica ruficollis, the black-bellied gallinule: 
length feventeen inches ; bill two inches and a half; bafe 
red; end yellow ; crown brown ; hind part of the neck 
cinereous brown; back greenifli brown; quills the fame, 
with rufous margins : chin wliite; fore part of the neck 
and bread; bright'rufous ; belly, thighs, vent, and rump, 
black; fides and under wing-coverts tranfverfely barred 
with rnfcus and black; legs red, and pretty long. This 
is fu-fipofed to inhabit Cayenne, as it was brought among 
others from that place. 
13. Fulica Maderafpatana, the Madras gallinule: fize 
of a duck; the bill and legs pretty long ; forehead bare 
and white ; the plumage on tlie upper parts of a fine afli- 
colour ; Tides of the liead, and under parts, white; acrofs 
the lower part of tlie neck black fpots in tlie fhape of 
crefcents ; quills afli-colour, edged with black; the tail 
is fliort. Found in the neiglibourliood of Madras, where 
it is caUed boollu-cory ; alfo at Malabar, and known there 
by the name of caunangoly. 
14. Fulica Martinicenfis, the Martinico gallinule : lefs 
than the common gallinule, and tlie body more (lender ; 
length about twelve inches ; bill thirteen lines long, yel¬ 
low, with a red bafe ; forehead bald and blue ; irides 
red ; the plumage is in general of a fine glofly green ; but 
tlie head, neck, and under parts, are of a changeable 
blue; the vent wliite ; quills and tail dufky, edged with 
green; legs yellow; toes very long, and flender. That 
defci ibed by Bi ilTon differs from tlie above in having 
the bare part of the foreliead and legs red ; and is faid to 
inhabit the Eaft Indies, as well as America. Many of 
thefe birds have been broiiglit both from Cayenne and 
the Weff-India idands, all of which anfvvered to tlie above 
defcription, except one, which had the upper parts of 
the plumage blue-green, tinged with brown; the crown 
of the head brown; beneath wliite; a little mottled with 
black in the middle of the belly, and greatly fo acrofs 
the lower part of tlie neck, jufi: above the breaft ; chin 
quite white ; legs brown. Thefe have been brought 
alive to England ; but not fo tame as to be at large. 
They lived on rice, bread, lettuce, and other fuch food, 
and ieemed to bear confinement tolerably well. 
15. Fulica Novasboraceiifis, the yellow.breaded galli- 
Miile: this fpecies is fmaller than a quail ; ciowii and hind 
part of tlie i?eck dark olivaceous brown, fpotted with 
white; back plain brown ; fcapulars edged with yellow- 
ilh white; bread: dirty yellow ; legs brown. Inhabits the 
province of New York. 
16. Fulica msvia, tlie grinetta gallinule ; length nine 
inches and three quarters; bill ten lines long ; colour of 
it and the irides yellowifli green ; forehead bare and yel¬ 
low ; the feathers of the head and upper parts black, 
with rufous margins ; thofe of the back have the margins 
Jikevvife fringed with white ; over the eye a white dreak ; 
the throat blueilh adi-colour ; fore part of the neck and 
breaft tlie fame, with an olive tinge, and fpotted with 
black; belly and thighs pale rufous; Tides tranfverlely 
barred black and white; wing coverts rufous, marked 
with tranfverfe, waved, or zigzag, lines; quills-clufky 
brown, edged outwardly with white ; tail the fame, but 
the two middle feathers white on both margins, and 
■rounded in fhape; legs dirty green; toes very long. 
Tills fpccies iiftiabiu Italy, about Bologna, and known 
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there by the name oigrinetta, and at Milan called giiler. 
dine. 
17. Fulica maculata, the fpeckled gallinule: length 
eleven inches; bill of a dull yellow ; forehead bare, and 
of the fame colour; the upper parts of the plumage riu 
foils brown, marked with black and white fpots on tlie 
wings ; fides of the head, throat, and fore part of the neck, 
wliite; from thence to tlie vent brow n ; the two middle 
tail feathers are black, tipped with white ; the others 
brown; legs grey. This frequents tlie inarnies of Ger¬ 
many ; and is called matkneltzel^ and malkern. 
18. Fulica flavipes, tlie yellow-legged gallinule : this 
is about the fize of the common gallinule ; bill yellow, 
wish the end black ; edges of the eyelids faffion-coloiir ; 
forehead bare, and of a pale yellow ; tlie reft of the head, 
and up|ier parts of the bird, rufous, fpotted with black ; 
fides of the head, and under paits, white ; leffer wing, 
coverts fpotted with dufky, and a little brown ; the edges 
reddi'h near the tips; the outer greater ones the fame, 
but thofe near the body white; quills black; tail rufous, 
fpotted wish black 4 legs of a pale yellow. Inhabits 
Germany, where it is called Jckmirring. 
19. Fulica fiftulans, the piping gallinule: the bill in 
this fpecies is black ; tlie forehead bare, and of a yellow- 
ifh green ; the plurnstge on tlie upper parts brown ; Tides 
of (he head, and under parts, white ; and there is a little 
mixture of the fame on the wiiig-ccverts ; quills and tail 
brown; legs yellowifli grey ; cla,vvs grey. Inhabits Ger¬ 
many, and frequents the banks of rivers and ponds, like 
moft of the genus. It is known about Strafburg by tlie 
name of glutt, and has a fhrill kind of note not unlike tliat 
of a fmall flute or fife. 
20. Fultcacinerea, the crefted gallinule : fizeof the coot; 
length eighteen inches ; bill as in that bird ; forehead and 
crown bare, and of a reddifh colour, rifing at the back 
into a knob, not unlike that on the head of the Guinea 
pintado; the head and neck afli-colour; chirt mottled 
with white; body and wings greenifli afh-coloiir ; outer 
edge of the laft pale 4 under parts of the body pale afh j 
middle of tlie belly white; legs very flout and brown. 
This is fuppofed to inhabit China. 
II. Feet pinnated. 21. Fulica atra, the common coot : 
fpecific charadter, front frefh-coloured, bracelets green- 
ifh yellow ; body blackifli. The coot, though its feet 
are not completely v\ebbed, lives habitually on the wa¬ 
ter, and feems even more attached to that element than 
any fowl, except the diver. It is leldom feen on land, 
and is there fo bewildered and defencelefs, that it frequent¬ 
ly fuffersitfelf to be caught with the hand. It fpends the 
whole day on the pools, which it prefers »o the rivers 4 
and, except in walking from one pool to another, it never 
fets foot on fliore ; and if the interval be confiderable, it 
has recourfe to its wings, and rifes very liigh ; but com¬ 
monly it flies only in the niglit. The coots, like many 
other water-fowl, fee beft in the dufk, and the older ones 
never feeJi their food but in the night. They lurk amcmr 
the ruihes tlie greater part of the day ; and, wlien dif- 
turbed.in their retreat, they will bury themfelves in the 
nuid rather than fpring. They feem to make an eSbrt in 
commencing the motion fo natural to otlier birds; and, 
whetlier on water or on land, they rife with difficulty. 
The young coots, lefs folitary or circumfpeft, are feen at 
all hours of the day, bouncing with fmall leaps out of t^^he 
water, one fronting another. They fuffer the fowler to 
approach, yet eye him fteadily ; and they plunge fo nim¬ 
bly, the inftant they perceive the flaffi, that often tliey 
elude the (hot. But in autuain, when thefe buds leave 
the fmall pools, and alfemblt* on the lakes in France, vaft 
quantities are cauglit. Fortius ptirpofe, as Buffon in¬ 
forms us, a number of IkiflTs are arranged in a line extend¬ 
ing the breadth of the lake ; this little fl.eet Ls rowed for¬ 
ward, and drives the coots into feme inlet ; the birds, 
then, urged by fear and neceflity, rile at once into the 
air, and, endeavouring to regaia the open watery they 
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