. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . 547 GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. THE GREEN-FOOTEDGALLINULE, OR WATER-HEN. MOOR-HEN. MARSH-HEN. Fig. 52. Fulica Chloropus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 258. Adult. Fulica fusca. Linn. Syst Nat. I. 257. Young. Gallinula Chloropus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 770. Adult. Gallinula fusca. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 771. Young. Poule dEau ordinaire. Gallinula Chloropus
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . 547 GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. THE GREEN-FOOTEDGALLINULE, OR WATER-HEN. MOOR-HEN. MARSH-HEN. Fig. 52. Fulica Chloropus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 258. Adult. Fulica fusca. Linn. Syst Nat. I. 257. Young. Gallinula Chloropus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 770. Adult. Gallinula fusca. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 771. Young. Poule dEau ordinaire. Gallinula Chloropus. Temm. Mann. dOrn. Gallinula Chloropus, Common Gallinule, or Water Hen. Flem. Brit. Anini. Gallinule. Gallinula Chloropus. Selb. Illustr. II. Chloropus, Common Gallinule. Jen. Brit. Vert., An. Chloropus, Bonap. List. 53. Plumage of the head, neck, and lower parts dark grey, ofthe back and wings deep olive-brown ; edge of the wing andlower tail-covert white. Young similar, but with the feathersof the lower part edged with white. Male.—The Green-footed Gallinule, when seen runningalong the banks of a stream or pool, invariably calls to mind 548 GALLINULA CHLOROPUS. the idea of a young bird of the domestic fowl, its form andattitudes being extremely similar. The body, although muchcompressed, is rather fu
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