210 



b"'. Shield plain or swollen, but without 



caruncles. 



a*. First primary white along the outer 



web. 



a^. Frontal shield rounded and defined 



by a well-marked anterior line ; 



the rest of the bill yellow ardesiaca, p. 217. 



¥. Frontal shield pointed on the upper 

 part, and continued into a red 

 hue on the culmen ; top of frontal 

 shield also sometimes yellow ; the 

 culmen and base of lower man- 

 dible always red armUlata, p. 218. 



¥. First primary plain, without any 



white edge to the outer web leucopyga, p. 220. 



d". Size much larger; length 10 inches; toes 



dark red like the tarsus gigantea, p. 219. 



d' . Outer secondaries with broad white tips. 

 e". BUI dusky or dull yellow in skin, with a 



distinct dark or red subterminal mai'k , . ooi 



upon the lower mandible < ., ' ^g. 



f". Bill entirely yellow, with no dark sub- ; P- -^ • 



terminal mark on the lower mandible, 

 c'". Culmen and frontal shield 1'65 inches 



in length leucoptera, p. 224, 



d'". Culmen and frontal shield 2*15 inches, o/aj, p. 225. 



The Coot. 1- ^^li^^ ^*^^- 



La Foulque ou Morelle, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 23, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1760) ; 

 Daiibent. PI. Enl. ix. pi. 197 (fig. pess.). 



La Grande Foulque ou la Macroule, Briss. Orn, vi. p. 28, pi. ii. fig. 2 

 (1760); Buf. H. N. Ois. vii. p. 220 (1781). 



Fulica atra, Linn. Sj/st. Nat. i. p. 257 (1766) ; Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. 

 p. 702 (1788) ; Vteill. N. Diet. cTHist. Nat. xii. p. 48 (1817) ; 

 Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 706 (1820) ; Sorsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xii. 

 p. 197 (1820); Roux, Orn. Proveng. pi. 336 (1825); Wm-ner, 

 Atlas, Pimiatipedes, pis. 1, 2 (c. 1827) ; Bj-ehm, Voq. Deutschl. 

 p. 709 (1831) ; Menetr. Cat. rais. Cauc. p. 52 (1832) ; Gould, 

 B. Eur. iv. pi. 338 (1837) ; Naum. Vog. Deutschl. ix. Taf. 241 

 (1838) ; Crcspon, Orn. Gard, p. 458 (1840) ; Keys. ^ Bias. Wirb. 

 Eur. p. 205 (1840) ; Muhle, Orn. Griechenl. p. 92 (1840) ; Nor dm. 

 in Demid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 276 (1840) ; Selys-Longch. 

 Faune Beige, p. 118 (1842); Schl. Rev. Crit. p. cii (1844); 

 Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 124 (1844) ; Hodgs. Icon, 

 ined. in Brit. Mus. Grallae, pi. 19 (no. 621) ; id. in Gray's Zool. 

 Misc. p. 86 (1844) ; Riipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 128 (1845) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. iii. p. 600 (1845) ; id. Cat. Mamni. etc. Nepal p)res. Hodgs, 

 p. 143 (1846) ; Hewits. Eggs Br. B. ii. p. 327, pi. 91. fig. 2 (1846) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mies. As. Soc. p. 286 (1849) ; Thomps. B. Irel. ii. 

 p. 332 (1849) ; Macgill. Brit. B. iv. p. 560 (1852) ; Kjcerb. Orn. 

 Damn. pi. 38. fig. 5, Suppl. pi. 18. fig. 5 (1852) ; Schl. Vog. Nederl 

 pi. 251 (1854) ; Sundev. Svensk. Fogl. pi. 45. fig. 5 (1856-72) ; 

 Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 65 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 245 

 (1857) ; Leith Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 518, 1859, p. 180 ; Jauh, 

 et Barth.-Lapmnm. Rich. Orn. p. 493 (1859) ; Salmn, Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 361 ; Schrenck, Reis. Amur-L., Vog. p. 406 (1859) ; Tristr. Ibis, 

 1860, p. 81 (Tuggm't) ; Potoys, t. c. p. 348 (Epirus) ; Linderm. 





