53. FULICA. 217 



3. Fnlica australis. 



Fulica australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 2 OV. Australia) ; id. 



B. Austr. vi. pi. 74 (1840); id. Handb. B. Austr. ii. p. 329 

 (18(i5); Gray, Hund-l. B. m. p. G7, no. 10514 (1871): Legye, 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. Tami. 1874J p. 36: Barmen/, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. 

 S. W. i. p. 103 (1877 : N. S. Wales; breeding) ; Casfeln. ^- Rams, 

 t. c. p. 386 (Norman River) ; Rama. op. ctt. ii. p. 199 (1878) ; id. 

 op. cit. (2) ii. p. 172 (1887: N.W. Australia); id. Tab. Li^t 

 Austr. B. p. 21 (1888) ; Nort/i, Nests (§• Bt/t/s Austr. B. p. 326 

 (1890: Melbourne; breeding). 



Fulica tasmanica, Grant, Tasm. Jonrn. Nat. Sci. ii. p. 310 (1845). 

 Fulica atra, pt., Schl. Mas. Pays-Bas, Ealli, p. GO (1865) ; Seeb. Hist. 

 Br. B. ii. p. 564 (1884). 



Adult. Similar to F. atra, and havin,2; black under tail-coverts, 

 as well as a line of white feathers round the bend of the wing, but 

 having scarcely anj- indication of white tips to the outer secondaries : 

 " bill light bluish grey ; legs and feet frcnch grey ; iris bright red" 

 (./. Gould). Total length 14 inches, culmen from base of shield 1*2, 

 wing 7-2, tail 1-8, tarsus 2-1, middle toe and claw 3-4. 



Hub. The whole of Australia and Tasmania. 



a. Ad. sk. Australia. Sir George Grey [P.]. 



b. Juv. sk. Australia. Sir D. Cooper [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Australia. Mr. Wills [P.]. 



d. e. Ad. sk. Queensland. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /, 5 ad. sk. VictoriaEiver,N.W.Australia, J. Pt. Elsey, Esq. [P.]. 



IMarch. 

 ff. Ad. sk. North-west Australia ( T. H. Capt. Bowyer Bower 



Botvyer Bower). [P.], 



4. Fulica corniita. 



Fulica cornuta, Bp. C. E. xxxviii. p. 925 (1853) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 

 1853, Extrah. p. 82; Scl. cS- Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 463 (Potosi, 

 Bolivia) : Grai/ Hand-l. B. iii. p. 68, nn. 10522 (1871) ; Scl. $■ Salv. 

 Nonwncl. Av.'Neotr. p. 140 (1873) ; iid.P. Z. S. 1879, p. 641. 



Lycornis cornuta, Bp. Ann. Sci. Nat. (4) Zool. i. p. 46 (1854) ; id. 



C. R. xliii. p. 600 (1856). 



Adxdt. Ashy black, the head and neck duller ; vent black, mixed 

 with white : frontal shield ornamented with a large caruncle. Total 

 length 19 inches, tarsus 3-1. (Sclater ^- Sahin, I. c.) 



Hab. Potosi, Bolivia. 



5. Fulica ardesiaca. 



Fulica ardesiaca, Tsrhudi, Arch. f. Naturg. 1831 , p. 389 ; Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 600 (1845) ; Tschndi, Faun. Peruan., Ares, p. 303 

 (1845-46); Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 82 (Eiobamba); id. He Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1868. pp. 178, 464 ; iid. E.rot. Orn. p. 113, pi. Ivii. (1868) ; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 156 (Lake of Tungasukn) ; Gra>i, Hand-l. B. 

 iii. p. 68, no. 10524 (1871); Scl. ^- Salr. Noniend. Ar. Neotr. 

 p. 140 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 559: Scl. &■ Salv. P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 041 (Bolivian .Ajides) : Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 328 

 (1886 : Junin ; Chorillos ; Lake Titicaca) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 402 



