378 GALLO-GRALL.E. 



Fulica australis. 



1896, Sternnm of male, with slioulder-girdle, but without left 



conicoid and scapula. From Clarence River, N. S. AVales 

 {E.P.Ramsay). S. S. 1374. 



Premited by P. L. Sdater, Esq., F.R.S. 



Fulica americana. 



Fulica americana, Gmelin, 85"st. Xat. i. p. 704 (1788) ; Cory, B. 

 West Indies, p. 258 (1889) ; A. 0. U. Check-list N. Am. U. 

 p. 144 (1886). 



The American Coot. 



Hah. North America to Central America and the West 

 Indies. 



1897. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 0. C. 1282 A. From 



Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



Genus GALLINULA. 

 Brisson, Oru. vi. p. 3 (1760). 



Gallinula chloropus. 



Fulica chloropus, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 258 (17(56) ; Seebohm, 

 Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 557 (1884). 



The Common Water-hen. 



Ilab. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



1898. Dried head. 0. C. 128.5. 



Presented hy W. Bullock, Esq. 



1899. Sternum. 0. C. 1284 a. Ilunterian. 



Gallinula tenebrosa. 



Gallinula tenehrosa, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 20 ; id. 

 Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 328 (1865). 



The Sombre Water-hen. 



Hah. Australia. 



