220 EALLID^. 



Orn. p. 120 (1868) ; Grm/, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 68, no. 10523 (1871) ; 



Sd. (■ Scilv. Nome7icl. Av. Keotr. p. 140 (1873) ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. .559 ; id. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 329 (1886 : Lake Junin) ; Scl 



P. Z. S. 1886, p. 402 (Cueva Nigra, Tarapaca). 

 Phalaria gigas, Peichenb. Si/st. Nat. p. xxi (1852), 

 Fulica maxima, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 323 (1855). 



Adult female. General colour above dark slaty grey ; wing-coverts 

 like the back ; quills and tail black, first primary with a white 

 edging, which is often absent ; head and neck all round velvety black, 

 shading off on the neck into slaty grey like the rest of the under 

 surface : under tail-coverts black, the lateral ones parti-coloured, 

 white along the outer webs. Total length 20 inches, culmen and 

 frontal shield 2-6, wing 10-2, tail 2-4, tarsus 3-7, middle toe and 

 claw 5-5. 



The soft parts as given by Tschudi are as follows : — " Frontal 

 shield and the upper part of the culmen, as far as the anterior border 

 of the nostrils, clear yellow ; end of bill horn-colour ; shield purplish 

 red ; feet dark red ; claws blackish grey " (Tsclmdi). Jelski's notes 

 are as follows : — " Bill red on the upper part of the mandible as far 

 as the anterior edge of the nostrils ; the frontal shield, which is 

 much swollen, yellow ; the end of both mandibles gradually passing 

 from yellow to a whitish horn ; claws horn-brown ; iris hazel-brown." 

 Finally, Mr. Berkeley James writes: — " Feet dark brickdust-red ; 

 bill reddish brown, with the ridge and point white and a spot on 

 each side yellow ; iris reddish brown." 



The amount of white on the under tail-coverts varies greatly, 

 some of the lateral ones being white with black centres, while in 

 one of Mr. James's examples from Tarapaca they are almost entirely 

 black. 



Hal. Peru and Bolivia to the province of Tarapaca in Chili. 



a. Ad. sk. Peru {H. TMiitely). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Junin, Peiii. Dr. Taczanowski [P.]. 



c. S ad. ; d. Ad. sk. Sacaya, Tarapaca, March. Berkeley James Coll. 



8. Fxilica leucopyga. 



Fulica leucopyga {nee Wagler), Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 600 (1845) ; 

 Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 97 (1854) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. 

 p. 390 (1856, note : Montevideo) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ealli, 

 p. 64 (1865 : Santiago) ; Scl. &i Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 467 ; iid. 

 Exot. Orn. p. 117, pi. lix. (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 68, 

 no. 10516 (1871) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. p. 459 (1871) ; Scl. S,- Salv. 

 Nomencl. Av. p. 140 (1873) ; Diirnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 42 (Chupat), 

 1878, p, 66 (Buenos Avres), p. 402 (Central Patagonia) ; Scl. ^ 

 Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 157 (1889). 



Fulica leucopygia, Hartl. J. f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 84 {ex Licht. 

 MSS. in Mus. Berol.) -. Withinyton, Ibis, 1888, p. 471 (Lomas de 

 Zamora) ; Oust. Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Ois. p. 135 (1891). 



Fulica chloropoides {nee Kiny), Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 167 (Falkland 

 Islands). 



Fulica rufift'ons, Philippi ^ Landb. Arch.f. Nat. xxviii. p. 223 (1862). 



