. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . R 2 132 BRITISH BIRDS. OF THE COOT, Bill ftrong, thick, ffoping to a point; the bafeof the upper mandible rifmg far up into the fore-head : both mandibles of equal length : noftrils in-clining to oval, narrow, fhort: body comprefled :wings and tail fliort: toes long, furnifhed withbroad fcalloped membranes between each joint, oneach fide 4 the inner toe has two, the middle three,and the outer four fcallops : and the hinder toe, oneplain membrane adhering to it its whole length. The Coot is met with in various parts of Europe,Afia, and

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. History of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . R 2 132 BRITISH BIRDS. OF THE COOT, Bill ftrong, thick, ffoping to a point; the bafeof the upper mandible rifmg far up into the fore-head : both mandibles of equal length : noftrils in-clining to oval, narrow, fhort: body comprefled :wings and tail fliort: toes long, furnifhed withbroad fcalloped membranes between each joint, oneach fide 4 the inner toe has two, the middle three,and the outer four fcallops : and the hinder toe, oneplain membrane adhering to it its whole length. The Coot is met with in various parts of Europe,Afia, and America; its flelh is of a ftrong marjhytafte; for which, by fome people, it is much liked;while others, fpr the fame reafon, hold it in BRITISH BIRDS. 133

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