53. FTTLICA. 209 



53. FULICA*. T, 



Type. 



Fulica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 257 (176G) F. atra. 



Pbalaria, Iteichenb. iSi/st. Av. p. xxi F. gigantea. 



Lysca, liviclienb. ISyst. Av. p. xxi F. aidesiaca. 



Luplia, lleichenb. ISyst. Av. p. xxi F. cristata. 



Lopliophalaris, Heine, in Heine ^- Reichen. Nomencl. 



Mus. Hein. p. 317 (1890) F. cristata. 



Range. Nearly the whole of the Old and New Worlds. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under tail-coverts entirely black. 



a' . Outer secondaries witll white tips atra, p. 210. 



6'. Outer secondaries without any white tips. 

 a". Upper portion of frontal shield corrugated, 



so as to form a mantled crest cristata, p. 215. 



b". Frontal shield perfectly smooth, without 



any crest australis, p. 217. 



b. Under tail-coverts white ; the vent and central 



coverts black ; the lateral ones white, with 

 the inner half of the feather black. 

 d. Secondaries whole-coloui'ed, with no white 

 tips to the outer ones, 

 c". Bize smaller ; length not exceeding U'2 

 inches ; toes dark olive or greenish in the 

 diied skin. 

 a'". iShield ornamented with carvmcles. . . , cornuta, p. 217. 



_ * I have not been able to identh'y the following species : — 



WL Fulica nov£ zbalakdi.£. 



^^L Fulica nova; zealaiidiie, Culenso, Tasni. Joura. Nat. Sci. 18-45, p. 283 ; 



^H Buller, Trans. N. Z. List. x. p. 191 (1878) ; id. B. New Zeal. 2ad ed, 



^H ii. p. 140, note (1888). 



^^1 Hah. Now Zealand. 



^^H Tlie following are extinct species : — 



^^H 1. FOLICA NBWTONI. 



I^^F Fulica newtoni, Milne-Edwards, Aim. Sci. Nat. (5) Zool. viii. pp. 104—220, 

 ■ pb. 10-13; id. Ois. Fuss. Fr. pis. 107, 108 (1808); E. Newt. J(- Gadow, 



i'r. Z. S. xiii. p. 202, pi. xxxv. dgs. 1-il (1803). 

 Pala;olimnas newtoni, Forbes, Ibis, 1803, p. 544. 

 An extinct species from Mauritius. Mr. H. 0. Forbes has discovered another 

 Ooot in tlie Chatham Islands, which if not the same as F. iiewtoiu is very 

 nearly allied to it. 



2. Fulica minor. 

 Fulica mmor, Shufeldt, Auk, viii. p. 307 (1801) ; id. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 PhUad. .vl. p. 412, pi. xvii. lig. SI (1802j. 



From the ' Equus' beds of Oregon. 



3. Fulica desjaudi.si. 

 Fuhca desjardiai. Van Benedeu, Ball. Acad. Bc/y. xxxii. p. 218, pi, — . f. 8, 



4. Fulica piuou. 

 Fulica prior. Be Vis, Proc. Linn. Sec. N. S. W. iii. pp 12S3-128l3, pis. 34, 35. 

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