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primary in this species is very naiTow, but quite discernible. These two characters and the
different foi-m o f the head-shield, which is broadly rounded at the upper extremity will serve to
separate it from F. leucopyga.
Our figm-e o f this Coot is taken from the typical specimen o f Dr. Hartlaub’s Fulica stricklandi
which has been kindly lent to us from the freasures o f the Bremen Museum.
Besides the species here figui-ed we are acquainted with three other American Coots, making
altogether seven o f this genus in the New AVorld— namely
1. F t XICA COEinJTA. , reo T
cornuta. B p . Com pt. E . » i i s n i i . p . 9 25, (IS 3 3 ) : H a r tl. J . f. O rn . 1853, E r tra -h . p . 8 2 : L y e o r .tc
cornuta, B p . C. R . xliii. p . 60 0 ; e s Bolivia.
e / e t Soul. T o y . B o n . Zool. p. 102, t, 8: Tsch. E. P . p . 302 : H a r tl. J . f. Orn. 1853, E itr a -h ,
p . SO ; B h a la ria gigantea, E eich . N a t . S j a t . p . J i i , : e i Pe rav iS a lta .
3. F úlica ameeica na.
F a tic a amtricaaa, Om. : B a ird , B i rd . K . Am. p. 75 1 : H a r tl. J . f. Om. 1853, E it r a - h . p . 87 :
Am e ric a C e n tr. e t inss. A n tillen sib u s.
X America B o r. univ.
Tlie following table, taken from our paper the American Eallidfo recently read before
the Zoological Society, may assist in dctermining these seven species.
A. Clypeo f ro n ta li c a ru u cu la to
B . Clypeo fro n ta li n o n -ca ru n cu la to ;
a ' c risso prsecipue nigro, la te ra lite r a
m a jo r, flexura alari n ig ra
min o r, flexura alai'i alba
b ' crisso p r s c ip u e albo, med ialite r n ig ro
a" secundariis omminò concoloribus ;
m a rg in e a la ri albo
m a rg in e alari concolore
b " se cu n d a riis albo te rm in a tis :
m a jo r : ro s tro flavo
m in o r ; ro s tro r u b ro n o ta to
2. gigantea.
3. ardesiaca.
4. armillata.
5. leucopyga.
7. americana.
August, 1868.