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There are feveral {pecies of the Fulica. 
<The brown Gallinule is one fpecies. The fore- 
re head i is yellow, and it has a yellow circle or garter 
; above the knee; the feet are divided to the be- 
ginning; the body is dufky, or olive brown. 
This bird is found in France. M. Buffon 
| kept one confined for eighteen days ; it took no 
} other food than water; it was kept in a little 
place, where the light was let in through two 
panes of glafs in the door; every morning, as 
: y foon as it was light, it flew frequently againft the 
| glafs 5 the reft of the time it endeavoured to hide 
 itfelf as much as poffible: it pecked with its bill 
__ when it was attempted to be taken in the hand, 
but the ftrokes were not violent. In this cruel 
| prifon it made no noife ; indeed thefe birds are in 
_ general very filent, and fome have thought that 
_ they are not able to make any noife, but. this is 
not the cafe. In the neighbourhood of Venice 
they are taken with hawks: feveral men wade 
among the marfhes, and drive them from the 
 bufhes and the places where they lurk; whilft 
j other perfons are watching with eakee and fo 
 foon as the Gallinule takes wing, they let thefe 
hawks fly after them, 
The common Gallinule’s forehead is yellow ; 
% it has red circles or garters above the knees; the . 
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