( lOG ) 

 'JO. Porphyrio melanotus melanotus. 



Pwphyrio iialiinutus Temminck, .][aiiHi'l il'Omilli. L'nd ed. vol. ii. |). 7U1. IH-JO : Nuw South Wales. 



Eastern Bald Coot. 



Mathews, UaiuUist No. &~ (])ars). 



Range : Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia. 



111". Porphyrio melanotus fletcherae. 



Purplujrio meluiwtusjUlohera)' Mathews, Blnls Aiisli: vol. i. p. '243 (I'JIl) : Tasmania. 



Tasnianian Bald Coot. 



Mathews, Handlist No. GX' (pars). 



llange :. Tasmania. 



1"1. Porphyrio melanotus neomelanotus. 



Pwjihi/ni) mdanijlus ncumelanulus Mathews, Birds Atisli: vol. i. p. '.UO. pi. IW (1911) : Xorth-West 

 Aastralia. 



North-Western Bald Coot. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 62 (pars). 

 Range : North- West Australia. 



M2. Porphyrio melanotus bellus. 



I'ni-iihiiro, biUiis Gould, Pmc. Zuul. Sw. (Lund.) 18-10. p. 170: Western Australia. 



Blue Bald Coot. 

 Mathews, Handlist No. 01. 

 Range : South-West Australia. 



Genns FTTLICA. 



Fiilica Linne, Sysl. \al. ed. .\. p. 152. 1758. 



Type (by subs, designation) : F. atra Linne. 



Iu3. Fulica atra australis. 



Fulka auntralls Gould, Prot: Zuul. Sor. (Lund.) 1845. p. 2 : Western Australia. 



Western Coot. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 04 fpars). 



Range : Western Australia. 



1"4. Fulica atra tasmanica. 



Fulica tanmatuca Grant, Tanm. Juurn. Scii'nre vol. ii. p. 310. 184lj ; Tasmania. 



Eastern Coot. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 64 (pars). 



Range : South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New Sonth Wales, Queensland. 



Iu5. Fulica atra ingrami subsji. n. 

 Northern Coot. 



Mathews, Handlist No. 64 (pars). 



Differs from /•'. a. australis in having a darker head and under-surface. 

 Tyjie : Alexandra, Northern Territory, No. 222. 

 Range : Northern Territory. 



