. A history of British birds . 164 FULICARIJE. RALLIDJl. Gallinula chlokopus (Linnaeus *).THE MOOR-HEN, OR WATER-HEN. Gallinula chloropus. Gallinula, ^jvsson t.—Bill thick at the base, compressed, slightly swollentowards the tip, subconic, as short as the head. Upper mandible convex, withthe culmen extended and dilated, forming a naked, oblong frontal plate orshield ; lateral furrow wide ; mandibles of nearly equal length ; angle of thelower one ascending. Nostrils lateral, pervious, pierced in the membrane ofthe furrow in the middle of the bill ; longitudinal and linear. Wings shor
. A history of British birds . 164 FULICARIJE. RALLIDJl. Gallinula chlokopus (Linnaeus *).THE MOOR-HEN, OR WATER-HEN. Gallinula chloropus. Gallinula, ^jvsson t.—Bill thick at the base, compressed, slightly swollentowards the tip, subconic, as short as the head. Upper mandible convex, withthe culmen extended and dilated, forming a naked, oblong frontal plate orshield ; lateral furrow wide ; mandibles of nearly equal length ; angle of thelower one ascending. Nostrils lateral, pervious, pierced in the membrane ofthe furrow in the middle of the bill ; longitudinal and linear. Wings short,concave, rounded, armed with a small, sharp, recumbent spine. Legs strong,naked for a short space above the tarsal joint ; scutellated in front; reticulatedbehind ; feet four-toed, three before and one behind; toes long, divided andbordered through their whole length by a narrow entire membrane. The Moor-hen is one of those well-known, half-domesti-cated species which afford interesting opportunities for ob-servations on habits. Dr. William Turner, writing in
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