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Genus 59. FULICA. 
wae: C.O.O T. 
The beak is convex, fhort, and thick: the upper mandi- 
ble has a callous or hard fubfance, which reaches up the 
forehead, 
The lower mandible is pibbous near the point. 
The noflrils are oblong and pervious. 
The forehead bare. 
Some birds of this genus have four toes on cach foot, 
pinnated, or with fealloped membranes by the Gide of each 
foe; in others the toes are divided to their beginuing. 
HOUGH the feet of the Coot be not 
entirely palmated, or webbed, there are 
{carcely any birds that fwim better, ot 
that ftay longer on the water, except the Divers. 
Coots are very feldom feen on land; if ac- 
<identally one fhould be found there, it feems fo 
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