53. FTOicA. 221 



Adult. Similar to F. armiUata, but distinguished by the absoace 

 of a -white edging to the first primary. Total length 1-i inches, 

 culmen with frontal shield 2-2, wing 6'5, tail 2-4, tarsus 2*2, middle 

 too and claw 3"4. 



Hah. Southern Brazil and Argentina to Chili, Patagonia, and the 

 Falkland Islands. 



a. 2 ad. St. Falkland Islands. Antarctic Expedition. 



b. 2 Jid- sk. Central Chili (E. C. Reed). Sahin-Godraan Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Central Chili. Berkele\' James Coll. 

 e. Ad. St. Valparaiso. Sir W. Burnett and 



Admiral Fitzroy[P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Jacal, Argentine Republic. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ff. Ad. sk. Buenos Ayres ( W. II. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Hudson), 

 h, i. Juv. ; k. Pull. Chupat, Patagonia, March. H. Durnford, Esq. 

 sk. [C.]. 



9. Pulica americana. 



Cinereous Coot, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 279 (1785) ; NuttaU, 

 Man. Oni. ii. p. 229 (1834). 



Fulica americana, Gni. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 704 (1788) ; Wilson, Amer. 



Orn. ix. p. 1, pi. Ixxiii. tig. 1 (1814) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. 



xii. p. 50 (1817) ; Sabine in Frankl. Journ., App. p. 690 (1823) ; 



Swains. ^- Rieh. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 404 (1831) ; Jard. ed. 



Wilson's Amer. Orn. iii. p. 18;} (1832) ; Auduh. B. Amer. pi. 239; 



id. Orn. Biogr. iii. p. 291 (1835), v. p. 508 (183U) ; id. B. Amer. 



Svo, V. p. 138, pi. 305 ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 600 (1845) ; Gosse, 



B. Jamaica, p. 384 (1847) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 87, 



1855, p. 99 ; Gundl. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 430 (Cuba) ; Set. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 206 (Jalapa) ; Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 751 (18-58) ; Bryant, 



Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 122 (1859: Bahamas) ; Jones, 



Nat. Bermudas, p. 46 (1859) ; A. S,- E. Newt. Ibis, 1859, p. 260 



(S. Croix) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 64 (Chilomo) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1859, p. 369 ; Scl. >^- Salt: Ibis, 1859, p. 230 (Duenas), 1860, p. 45; 



Reink. Ibis, 1861, p. 12 (Greenland) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81 



(Jamaica) ; Blakist. Ibis, l862, p. 9 (Saskatchewan), 1863, p. 135 ; 



March, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 69 (Jamaica) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 179 (City of .Mexico) ; Schl. Mas. Pays-Bas, Balli, p. 63 



(1865) ; Mcllwr'aith, Proc. Essex Inst. v. p. 93 (1866: Canada) ; 



Dresser, Ibis, 1866, p. 40 (S. Texas) ; Leaf. Ois. Trinid. p. 504 



(1866) ; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 100 (1866 : Sombrero) ; 



Baird, Ibis, 1867, p. 283 ; Scl. Sf Salt: P. Z. S. 1868, p. 46S ; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. is., p. 143 (1868 : Costa Rica) ; Sundev. 



(Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fiirh. Stockh. 1869, p. 387 (S. Bartholomew) ; 



id. i.e. p. 601 (Porto Rico); Dall ^- Bann. Trans. Chicago Acad. 



i. p. 293 (1869 : Fort Yukon) ; Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 219 (Tera- 



gua) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 67, no. 10515 (1871) ; Hurting, 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 117 (Disco) ; Coues, Key N. Am. B. p. 275 (1882) ; 



Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. p. 183 (1873); Scl. ^- Sale. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 140 (1873); Coues, B. N.-Wesf, p. 541 (1874); 



Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. II. ii. p. 312 (1874: Colima; Mazatlan); 



Ilenshaw, Rep. Zoul. Expl. \QOth Merid. p. 469 (1875) ; Gundl. 



Orn. Cid>a, p. 301 (1876) ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 50 



(1876 : S. W. Mexico) ; Ridgw. Rep. Surv. 140M Parallel, p. 614 



