54. LEGUATIA. 225 



llab. Southern Brazil to Bolivia and Teru, south to Chili and 

 Patagonia. 



a. Ad. sk. Lake Titicaca, Peru. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Sacaya, Tarapaca, Jan. 2-4. Berkeley James Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Qiulmes, Buenos Ayres, Aug. 20 Salvin-Grodman Coll. 



( W. H. midson). 



d. $ ad. sk. La Plata, Buenos Ayres, Nov. 4 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{E. W. White). 

 e,/,^. Ad. sk. V&Wyoma, {Capt. Kiny). Old Coll. (Types of 



Fulicagallinuloides.) 



12. Fulica alai. 



Fulica atra {nee L.), Bloxham, Voy. ' Blonde,' p. 251 (1826). 



Fulica alai, Peak, (I.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 224 (1848) ; JSartl. 

 Arch.f. Naturg. xviii. p. 137 (1852); id. J.f. O. 1854, p. 176; 

 Cass. U.S. Expl. E.vped., Birds, p. 306, Atlas, pi. xxxvi. (1858) ; 

 Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. Pacijic Ocean, p. o4 (1859) ; Cass. Proc. 

 Philad. Acad. 1862, p. 322 (Hilo) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 08, 

 no. 10519 (1871) ; Peh. Verh. z.-h. Ges. JVien, xxiii. p. 159 (1873) ; 

 Streets, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mas. no. 7, p. 21 (1877 : Oahu) ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 351 ; Finsc/i, Ibis, 1880, p. 78 ; Sel. Voy. ' Chal- 

 lenger,' ii. p. 99 (1881) ; Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 331 

 (1882) ; Stejn. op. cit. x. p. 80 (1887), xi. p. 95 (1888: Kauai). 



Adult male. Similar to F. leucoptera, but having a much larger 

 and stouter bill and much broader white tips to the outer second- 

 aries : " bill Hesh-colour with a yellowish tinge ; feet pale slate- 

 colour ; iris red " (./. Murray) : " i'eot uniform pale greyish, without 

 any greenish band on the joint of the knee" (0. Finsch). Total 

 length ll'o inches, culmen with frontal shield 2- 15, wing 7, 

 tail 1'65, tarsus 2-2, middle toe and claw 3'2. 



Hab. Sandmch Islands. 



a. 2 ad. sk. llilo, Owhyhee. Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger. 



54. LEGUATIA. 



Type. 

 Leguatia, Schlegel, Versl. Med. Akad. Wetensch. Amst. 

 {Natuurk.) vii. p. 142 (1838) L. gigantea. 



Ea)U/e. Formerly living in Mauritius. 



1. Leguatia gigantea. 



The Giant Bird, Leguat, Voy. {Engl. Ed.) p. 171 (1708). 

 Galliuula (Leguntia) gigantea, Schl. Ibis, 1866, pp. 146-168, cum 



tig. ; id. Ann. Sci. Nat. (v.) vi. pp. 25- 49, pi. i. ligs. 1, 2. 

 Leguatia gigantea, Shufeldt, Cent. Mag. 1886, p. 361. 



Uab. Mauritius : now extinct. 



