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FULICA ARMILLATA.
(RED-GAETERED COOT).
Foclta de ligas roxas .
Fúlica armillata
Fú lica chilensis
Fú lica fro n ta ta
Fú lica gallinuloides
Aza ra , Apunfc. iii. p. 474, No. 448.
VieiU, N . D. s ii. p. 4 7 , e t Enc. M e tli.p . 343.
H a r tl. I n d . Az. p. 28, e t Jo um . f. O rn . 1853, E x tra -li. p.
B u rm . Sy s t. U eb . iu. p . 390, e t L a -P lata -R eise, ii. p . 505.
Scl. e t S a k . P.Z.S . 1868, p . 465.
Lau d b e ck , "Wiegm. A rc h . 1862, p. 221.
G. R. Gray , in Mu s. B rit.
K in g , Zool, J o u rn . IV . p. 96. (?)
ObBcuiJ s c H . t o a , « p i t e to to n ig ric o p to : f lo iu ti e la n o t lemig ia eatopni marg ip o a lb is : crisso a lb o , p lu » is
q u ibusdam medialibus n ig ris ; ro stro flavo, maculis b a salib u s ru b ris ; clypeo f ro n ta li m a p o , ovali, flavo, ru b ro m a rg in
a to : p ed ibu s masimis, flavicanti-olivaceis : tib ia rum p a rte imà e t ta rs is anticù ru b e rrim is : long, to t a lG-5, a l» 7 8,
cauda3 2 -0, r o s tr i a r ic tu l '4 , ta ra i 2 '8 , d ig iti medii cum u n g u e 4-0. i -
JTa&, in Pa rag u ay a, (Bo n p la n d ): Bra sil. merid. e t rep . A rg e n tin a CRameisie»-;: P a ta g om à (D'OrU g n g ): Cbilia
(Landbeck).
This Coot is the largest species belonging to Dr. Hartlaub’s third division o f the genus, in
which the undertail coverts are white with a small black median patch. It is also readily
distinguishable b y the great size o f the feet and legs, particularly b y the length o f the middle
toe, and hy the bright red markings at the base o f the yellow bill. The head-shield vanes
much in size in different individuals as w ill be seen b y our figures, but is always broadly o \a l