224 RALtlD^. 



10. Fulica caribaea. 



Fulica caribaea, Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vii. p. 358 (1884) ; 

 Cm-y, B. West Ind. p. 259 (1889) ; id. Auk, viii. p. 46 (1891). 



Adult. Similar to F. americana, but differing in the shape of the 

 frontal shield. Total length 13' 5 inches, culmen with frontal 

 shield 2, wing 6*9, tail 1*9, tarsus 2-1, middle toe and claw 3-1. 



Hab. Islands of Anguilla, Guadeloupe, and S. John, in the Lesser 

 Antilles. Probably also in Grenada Island. 



Mr. Eidgway states that F. caribcea differs further from F. ameri- 

 cana in the slenderer bill and in the form and colour of the frontal 

 shield, the latter being " oval or elliptical, much wrinkled, •70-*90 

 of an inch long and -SS-SO wide in the breeding season ; its colour 

 pale brownish (whitish in life ?) instead of chestnut or liver-broAvn 

 as in F. americana." Mr. Eidgway has very kindly sent me a 

 specimen of the species from Guadeloupe, and I must confess that 

 the form of the shield is different from any of those which we 

 possess from North America, 



11. Fulica leucoptera. 



Focha, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 472 (1802). 



Fulica leucoptera, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xii. p. 48 (1817) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. iii. p. 600 (1845) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 28 (1847) ; Burm. 



Th. Bras. iii. p. 391, note (1856) ; id. Reis. La-Plata St. ii. p. 505 



(1861 : Parana) ; Sel. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1806, p. 468 ; iid. Ex. Orn. 



p. 119, pi. 60 (1868) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 68, no. 10520 



(1871) ; Sel. iy Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 140 (1873); Durnf. 



Ibis, 1877, p. 95, 1878, p. 67 (Buenos Ayres) ; Sel. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 641 (Chiqiiitos) ; White, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 42 (Cordova) ; 



Barroivs, Auk, i. p. 277 (1884: Lower Uruguay) ; Sel. P. Z. S. 



1886, p. 403 (Huasco) ; Withington, Ibis, 1888, p. 472 (Lomas de 



Zamora) ; Sel. ^ Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 158 (1889); Ridgw. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 137 (1889 : Sandy Point) ; Holland, 



Ibis, 1890, p. 427 (Bueuos Ayres, breeding) ; Oiist. Miss. Set. 



Cap Horn, vi. Ois. p. 134 (1891 : Beagle Canal) ; Holland, Ibis, 



1892, p. 210 (Estancia, Espartilla; breeding). 

 Fulica gallinuloides, Ki)ig, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 96 (1828) ; Sel. P. Z. S. 



1878, p. 291 ; Gibson, Proc. Pfiys. Soc. Edinb. 1876-78, p. 184. 

 Fulica leucopyga, Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 516. 

 Fulica Strickland!, Hartl. J.f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 86 ; Sel. P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 339. 

 Fulica chloropoides {nee King), Landb. Arch. f. Naturg. xxviii. p. 218 



(1862). 



Adult female. Similar to /''. americana, but darker ; slaty grey 

 above and below, and having both mandibles entirely yellow: 

 "frontal shield chrome-yellow; bill chrome-yellow, with the tips 

 of the mandibles greenish ; feet very pale sea-green, with the webs, 

 joints, and claws black; iris fiery red" {Dr. Hahn). Total length 

 11 inches, culmen with frontal shield 1-65, wing 7'3, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 2, middle toe and claw 3-1. 



