53. FTTMCA. 219 



La-Plata St. ii. p. 505 (1861 : Mendoza ; E. Parana) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1867, pp. 334, 339 ; id. <S- Salt: P. Z. S. 18G8, pp. 145, 465 ; iid. 

 Exot. Orn. p. 115, pi. Iviii. (18G8) ; Pelz. Orn. Jiras.f. 318 (1871 : 

 Irisanga); Grai/, Ilaml-l. B, iii. p. G8, no. 10517 (1871); Scl. S,- 

 Salv. Xomenci. Av. Neotr. p. 140 (1873) ; Durnf. Ill's, 1877, 

 p. 105 (N. of Ruonos Ayres) ; id. Ibis, 1878, pp. 66,401 (C. Pata- 

 gonia) ; Barroics, Ank, i. p. 277 (1884 : Lower Uruguay) ; 

 Withinqton, Ibis, 1888, p. 471 (Lomas de Zamora) ; Scl. 4" Hudson, 

 Arqeni. Orn. ii. p. 157 (1889) ; Holland, Ibis, 1890, p. 427 (Buenos 

 Ayres) ; Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Oiseau.v, p. 136 (1891) ; Hol- 

 land, Ibis, 1892, p. 209 (Estancia, Espartilla : breeding). 



Fulica chloropoides, liinf/, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 95 (1828); Gray, Gen. 

 B. iii. p. 600 (1845). 



Fulica frontata, Gray, List Grallce Brit. Mus. p. 124 (1844). 



Ly.sca armillata, Reiclienb. Syst. Nat., Fulic. p. xxi (1852). 



Fulica cLilensis (nee DesMtirs), Landb. Arch.f. Natzirg. xxviii. 1862, 

 p. 215 ; Schl. Mus. Pai/s-Bas, Ralli, p. 63 (1865, pt.). 



Fulica leucopyga {nee Licht), Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 14 (Tal- 

 cahuano). 



Adult. Similar to F. ardesiaca, but with the frontal shield more 

 pointed on the crest, and having a more distinct mark of red along 

 tbe base of the culmen. Total length IS inches, culmen with frontal 

 shield 2-25, wing 8-5, tail 2-15, tarsus 2'6, middle toe and claw 4. 



The descriptions of the colour of the soft parts vary greatly ; and 

 I give some of the principal notes herewith. It must be noticed 

 that Landbcck is the only observer who has noted the red on the 

 tarsus as figured by Sclatcr and Salvin in the ' Exotic Ornithology.' 



" 15 ill yellow, with a dark red patch on the culmen ; legs olive- 

 green ; claws brown ; iris yellow" {Coppiinjer). 



" Bill and shield primrose-yellow, the latter large and oval in 

 shape ; base of upper mandible and a small portion of shield bright 

 blood-red ; legs olivaceous, with a pale red garter above the knee " 

 {Durnford). 



Hah. Southern Brazil and Pampas of Mendoza to Bolivia, south 

 from Paraguay and the Argentine Ilcpublic throughout Chili and 

 Patagonia. 



(Dr. Coppinger). 



7. Fulica gigantea. 



Fulica gigantea, Eyd. Sf Soulei/et, Voi/. ' Bonite,' p. 102, tab. 8 (1841 : 

 Peru) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii! p. 60() (1845) ; Tseh. ^ Cab. Faun. 

 Peruan.,Avcs, p. 302 (1844-46: Lake of Ascacochn); Har/l. J. f.O. 

 1853, Extrah. p. 80 ; Sd. if Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 46:3 ; iid. Exot. 



