OF SBSH RU DAS: ie 
‘There are feveral fpecies of the Fulica. 
The brown Gallinule is one fpecies. The fore- 
head 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 
_ foon as it was light, it flew frequently againft the 
 giafs; 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 
oe -among the marfhes, and drive them from the 
bufhes and the places where they lurk; whilft 
other perfons are watching with hawks, and fo 
_foon as the Gallinule takes wing, they let thefe 
~ hawks fly after them. | 
~The common Gallinule’s forehead is yellow ; 
it pas red circles or garters above the knees ; the 
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