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others are deftroyed, that a tenth part fcarcely 
nearest birds of prey. 
i Coots are found in every part of Europe, 
from Italy to Sweden} in Siberia, Perfia, China,. 
an ~ and moft parts of Afia. They are found too in 
Jamaica and Carolina, and in other parts of 
iad America. 
~ The Indians in the Bae Sinirides of Niagara 
» res their fkins, and ufe them for pouches. Nia- 
gin is in North-America, and is perhaps the 
ier waterfall in the world. 
The forehead of the commonCoot is bare, as 
as the crown, and covered with a bluifh white 
i which becomes reddifh in the breeding fea~ 
» All the plumage is furnifhed with a thick 
covered with clofe but fine feathers, of a 
- bluith black colour, Each toe is furrounded with 
3 “natal membrane, or fkin; it runs and 
§ upon the water, and is found i in ise p+ in 
thy parts. 
“ik of Coots is fmall fith and water- 
a nf 4s; fometimes they eat the roots of the bull- 
vafh and feed their young ones with them. 
‘ ~ Coots frequently make their nefts among the 
Vases with grafs and reeds, to float upon the 
re to rife and fall with it. 
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