. British birds with their nests and eggs . -, the whole plumage having a soft. hoo U The Coot. -^^ look, sucli as may be seen in those varieties of fowls termed silkies. Mr. J. paid mucli attention to this singular modification, which appears to berather more common in the Moor-hen than in any other wild English bird. Inthe silky fowls the modification is hereditary, and the breed well is no doubt that by mating together hairy Moor-hens the variation mightbe perpetuated in this species as well as in the ordinary poultry. It is in thehighest degree improbable that, i
. British birds with their nests and eggs . -, the whole plumage having a soft. hoo U The Coot. -^^ look, sucli as may be seen in those varieties of fowls termed silkies. Mr. J. paid mucli attention to this singular modification, which appears to berather more common in the Moor-hen than in any other wild English bird. Inthe silky fowls the modification is hereditary, and the breed well is no doubt that by mating together hairy Moor-hens the variation mightbe perpetuated in this species as well as in the ordinary poultry. It is in thehighest degree improbable that, in the cases in which this variation occurs,the bird has the power of flight, for the vanes of the feathers are not suflficientlyfirm to strike the air. ily—RA L LI DAL. The Coot, Fiilicn atra, LiNN. THE Common Coot may be regarded as the European representative of thegenus Fulica, of which it is the type. A second species, the Crested Coot,characterized by two conspicuous red knobs on the top of the white frontal shield,is found in Africa and the extreme south of Eu
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