222 EiLLID^. 



(1877) ; Sennett, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 62 (1878 : Texas, 

 iDreeding) ; Cottes, t. c. p. 647 (49tli parallel) ; Merrill, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. i. p. 165 (1878) ; Beldinrj, t. c. p. 444 (Stockton) ; 

 Maynard, B. East. N. Amer. p. 434 (1879) ; Cory, B. Bahamas, 

 p, 178 (1880) ; Lister, Ibis, 1880, pp. 39, 44 (S. Vincent) ; 

 A. S)- E. Neivton, Kandb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881) ; Ridgio. Bull. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 47 (1881) ; id. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 iii. p. 202 (1881) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 110 (1882) ; 

 Samuels, North. ^- East. Birds, p. 476 (1883) ; Belding, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. V. p. 545 (1883 : Lower California) ; Coues, Key N, 

 Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 676 (1884) ; Baird, Brewer, Sf Ridgto. Hist. 

 N. Amer. B. i. p. 393 (1884) ; Drno, Auk, ii. p. 18 (1885 : Colo- 

 rado) ; Goss, t. c. p. 112 (Kansas) ; Agersb. t. c. p. 287 (Dakota) ; 

 Turner, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. viii. p. 248 (1885 : Fort Cliimo) ; 



A. O. U. Check-l. p. 144 (1886) ; Eidgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 ix. p. 177 (1886 : Puebla) ; Everm. Auk, iii. p. 91 (1886) ; Scott, 

 t. c. p. 386 (Arizona) ; Anthony, t. c. p. 164 ; Lloyd, Auk, iv. p. 185 

 (1887); Nelson, N. H. Coll. Alaska, p. 97 (1887: Fort Yukon) ; 



Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 269 (1887: Grenada) ; Toivns. 

 op. cit. X. pp. 197, 234 (1887 : N. California) ; Beckham, t. c. p. 637 

 (Bexar Co., Texas) ; Merrill, Auk, v. p. 144 (1888 : Oregon) ; 

 Cha])7n. t. c. p. 270 (Florida) ; Everm. t. c. p. 348 (Indiana) ; 

 Warreti, B. Penmrjlv. p. 31, pi. 8 (1888); Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 378 (Cozumel) ; Feilden, t. c. pp. 480, 499 (Barbados) ; Cory, 



B. West Indies, p. 258 (1889) ; Scott, Auk, vi. p. 156 (1889 : 

 Florida) ; Pindar, t. c. p. 312 (Kentucky) ; Thompson, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. xiii. p. 496 (1890 : Manitoba) ; Mearns, Auk, vii. p. 52 

 (1890 : Arizona) ; Miller, Auk, viii. p. 119 (1891 : Massachusetts) ; 

 Ridgio. t. c. pp. 335, 338 (Babamas) ; Merriam, N. Amer. Faun. 

 ( U. S. Dep. Agric.) no. 3, p. 88 (1890 : S. Francisco Mts.) ; id. 

 op. cit. no. 5, pp. 19, 91 (1891 : Idaho) ; Hagerup, B. Greenl. ed. 

 (Jhamberl. p. 54 (1891); Scott, Auk, ix. pp. 12, 212 (1892: 

 Jamaica) ; Attwater, t. c. p. 2.32 (S. Texas : breeding). 



Fulica wilsoni, Step>h. in Shaivs Gen. Zool. xii. pt. i. p. 236 (1824) ; 



Brehm, Vogelf. p. 323 (1855). 

 Fulica atra {iiec L.), D'Orb. in Ramon de la Sagra^s H. N. Cuba, 



p. 211 (1840). 



Adult. General colour above brown, slightly washed with olive ; 

 scapulars aud wing-coverts slaty grey; bastard-wing, primary- 

 coverts, and quills light ashy brown, darker brown at the ends ; the 

 outer secondaries with broad white tips ; first primary white along 

 the outer web, as also the outer feathers of the bastard-wing ; tail- 

 feathers blackish ; head and neck black all round, the mantle and 

 sides of neck slaty grey ; rest of under surface from the fore neck 

 light ashy, the sides of the body slaty grey ; the abdomen paler ; vent 

 black ; under tail-coverts white, the long centre feathers black ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries slaty grey, with narrow whitish edgings ; 

 the edge of the wing white : " bill milk-white, more bluish white 

 terminally, each mandible with a spot of dark brown near the end, 

 bordered anteriorly with a more or less distinct bar of reddish 

 chestnut ; frontal shield dark chestnut or liver-brown, the culmen 

 just in front of this tinged with greenish yellow ; legs bright yel- 

 lowish green, the tibia tinged behind and above with orange-red ; 

 toes light bluish grey, tinged with yellowish green on the scatellse 

 of basal phalanges ; iris bright crimson " (Baird, Brewer, Sf Ridg- 



