FUL ICA AUSTRALIS, Gould.
Australian Coot. -
Fvlka Arab \ O o u l ^ I I I . p. 2.
(] idviVisi), ami r
Gid-jee-hroon, oj^wi^Abongmes of lhe lowland distriotsyof Western Australia.
l im i tiui ( m should riufouiid il it \ustralia need not surprise, when we have
Seen how many of *liTli)riiisauihlrli*lm^ i ln r^ § n ^ V i iiid flijtr^lorlhp northern hemisphere are repre-
sented in ih tliff ftm m jym ffltMfffiifr liu-tami is ihis hw mori i lined oujrthiiri in the p r e s e t,
since the two birds a i i J H ^ j j A a p m and general
iteotuuny, th it ,,tii^ jd n iiSbli?J^ n ^ i^ o l \ I i " i ' . V l li i Yarr’elhhirc., of those o f the European bird are
'equalfy descriptive ol those o f tht/Audi diun pjiiTs of- rr.iwPsrc the liBbi} Waters o f
(ciiujifri, which^it affiomjanits unless to seek foi 1 n rfreTbiufdanijsiijfplj o t 't^ r a i nsisting o f aquatic
iifsu ls , sin ill shillich'ufUushs '.'in.T7l5>Cccptf ^iwn ( out 11 mil,tracts a ffiJaUptrJni-st of decayed aquatic
plants, -iij)olFwlu(li*it lit posits ils eggs an^Vheafs its young.
has often ,s tra ck .m e -^ t there^ffe two species ofTinJ ljdihjpynjr \usrr ill i loi I possiss spei miens in
my-collectiop - (Sllib liir^'dii’^S^e^Cbieh^appear to iQ ^ ^ oyj^rphty their being epusi^^tlfas distinct ’ the
piupriety o f which unTyi, hdwCTgrrhe' eonfirmed jrm f tu rd by-future-ohscrvition: should they ultimately
grove 'to he t»5 sgeciesjthen pj^ange'offtlie bird h. Ii]<^,pj<,i™n d will e^e sS^ e rW e s tern and Southern
Australia and Van Diemen s Lurid, nd tb it ol tin tln rg y i i ^^®^ith-Wal6s.
Head m 3, ueckjblack; qll the ujf^@qrfac^'feey^h' black ; funder^,®§Cf3 sooty black; irides bright
*£fd£ bill liglSbluisli gn^Ki^own of the’ M td ’greenish white -'legs amj lj’.e^freneh grey.
-i’l l lf figure is of the natural si7t^r a