63. FULiCA. 213 



(1839-44) ; Schl. Mm. Pai/s-Bm, Ralli, p. G2 (1865) ; Blasius, 



J.f. O. 1883, p. 140 (Celebes) ; Vorderm. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. 



Ind. xlix. p. 416 (1889: Sumatra). 

 Fulica platyuros, Brehm, Vogel Deutschl. p. 711 (1831) ; id. Vogelf. 



p. ;J3:i (1855). 

 Fulica atia iaponica, Temm. ^- Schl. Faun. Japan., Aves, p. 120, 



pi. Ixxvii. (1850). 



Adult male. General colour above cindery grey with a slight olive 

 shade on the back ; wing-coverts also cindery grey, the oiiter 

 feathers of the bastard-wing edged with white ; qiiills ashy brown, 

 with dusky tips, the first primary inclining to whity brown on the 

 outer web : the outer secondaries whitish at the ends ; the inner- 

 most secondaries washed with cindery grey like the back ; tail 

 black ; head, hind neck, and throat black ; remainder of under 

 surface of body light slaty grey, with slight remains of ashy mar- 

 gins to the feathers of the chest and centre of the breast ; under 

 wing-coverts slaty grey, with a line of white feathers round the 

 bend of the wings; under tail-coverts black: "bill very pale 

 lavender, with a pinkish tinge ; frontal shield ivory-white ; tarsi 

 and feet pearly grey, with a greenish tinge on the sides of the 

 tarsus; garter orange-yellow; iris dark hro-wn" (B. B. S., MS.). 

 Total length 14-5 inches, culmen from base of shield 1'35, wing 

 8'C, tail 2'2, tarsus 1'3, middle toe and claw 3-85. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male, but slightly 

 smaller. Total length ]4*5 inches, culmen 1*4, wing 8"1, tail 2"5, 

 tarsus 2-1, middle toe and claw 3-4. 



You)i[/. ^hich. browner than the adult, the feathers of the head 

 dusky blackish edged with white ; lores, eyebrows, and sides of face 

 white ; under surface of body ashy whitish, browner on the flanks. 



Hab. The gi-eater part of Europe and Asia, not occurring further 

 south than Egypt and Northern Africa, but ranging as far south 

 as the Philippines in Asia. 



Fidica Juguhris from Java, Sumatra, and Celebes seems to be only 

 a smaller form (like GalJimda minor) of the ordinary F. atra. The 

 type in the Leyden Museum has the wing 7 inches. 



a-d. Pull. .«k. Great Britain. Gould Cell. 



e. 2 imni. sk. Walberswick, Dec. Seebo'ira Coll. 



/, q, h. PuU. St. Cambridgeshire. Purchased. 



i. $ ad. sk. Hitchin, Herts, Dec. (B. V. Seebohm Coll. 



Seehohin). 



k. $ ad. sk. Hampstead, Middlesex, Tweeddale Coll. 



Jan. 14. 



/. S ad. sk. Kingsburv, Middlesex, Nov. Tweeddale ColL 



(/. E. Hart in ff). 



m. cJ ad. sk. Staplehurst, Kent, Dec. 28. W. Berrv, Esq. [P.]. 



n. Ad. St. Cookliam, Berks. JFr. W. feiggs. 



. c? ad. ; p, q, r. Avinffton, Hants, Nov., Feb., Sir Edwai-d Shelley 



$ nd. sk. IMav. [P-l- 



«, <• d ? ad. St. Avington. Sir Edward Shelley 



[P.]. 



«. Ad. sk. Devonshire. Montagu Coll. 



V. $ var. sk. Holland. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



