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Var. B.
Description.
Place.
CARTHAGENA
G.
Description.
Place.
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CAYENNE G.
Description.
Place.
Lev. Mu/.
J^ E S S than the others. Bill longer than in the firft : plumage
like that of the Crake on the upper parts of the body: wing
coverts and under parts rufty brown : legs dulky.
Suppofed to have come from China, as we have feen fuch a
one in fome paintings done in that part of the world.
Fulica Carthagena, Lin. Sjfi.i. p. 258. 6.
g I Z E of the Coot. Bare place on the forehead blue : the body
wholly of a rufous colour.
Inhabits Carthagena.
La grande Poule-d’Eau de Cayenne, Erf. Qif. viii. p. 182.— PI. Enl. 3J2.
Lev* Muf.
T E N G T H eighteen inches. Bill yellow, with 3 dufkytip:
the chin, fides of the head, and a little way on the fore part of
the neck, greyilh white: head, neck, tail, lower belly, and thighs,
dulky grey brown: back and wing coverts dull olive : breaft,
upper part of the belly, and quills, bright reddilh rufous colour:
legs red.
The young birds are wholly grey, not having any red about
them till after the firft moult.
Inhabits Guiana and Cayenne, where it is pretty common in the
marlhy places, and lives on fmall filh and infedts.
L E N G T H
J ^ E N G T H feventeen inches. Bill two inches and a half; bafe
red; end yellow : crown brown : hind part of the neck cinereous
brown : back greenilh brown : quills the fame, with rufous
margins : chin white : fore part of the neck and breaft
bright rufous : belly, thighs^ vent, and rump, black: fides and
under wing coverts tranfverfely barred with rufous and black :
legs red, and pretty long.
Suppofed to inhabit Cayenne, as it was among others from that
place.
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BLACK-BELLIED
G.
Description.
Place.
La Poule-Sultane de Madraft, Brif. Orn. v. p. 543. 10.
L’Angoli, Buf. OiJ\ viii. p. 205.
Madras Rail-Hen, Raii Syn. p. 194* pi* 4*
MADRAS G.
C IZ E of a Duck. The bill and legs pretty long: forehead bare Description:
^ and white * : the plumage on the upper parts of a fine alh-
colour: fides of the head, and under parts, white: acrofs the
lower part of the neck black fpots in the Ihape of crefcents :
quills alh-colour, edged with black: the tail is fhort.
Found in the neighbourhood of Madras, where it is called
Flaci .
Boollu-cory. It is alfo at Malabar, and known there by the name
of Caunangoly.
• This is not mentioned in Ray’ s defcription, nor does it appear in the very
bad figure in the plate.
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