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. GENus 52. Ff, UL © A; 
THE. COO T. 
The beak is convex, fhort, and thick ; the upper mandie 
ble has a callous or hard fubftance, which reaches Op. the 
forehead. 
The lower mandible is sibbot near the point. 
The noftrils are oblong and pervious. — 
The forehead bare. | 
Some birds of this genus have four toes on salt foot, 
 pinnated, or with fcalloped membranes by the fide of each 
toe; in others the toes are divided to their beginning. 
“4HOUGH the feet of the Coot be not 
entirely palmated, or webbed, there are 
{carcely any birds that fwim better, or 
2 tat ftay longer on the water, except the Divers. 
f  Coots. are’ very: feldom feen on land; if ac- 
; “ctenally one fhould be found there, it Rene fo 
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