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Fulica gigantea, Eyd. tf- Souleyet. 



Fulica gigantea, James, Neio List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892) ; Shar/ie, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 219 (1894) ; Lnne, Ibis, 1897, p. ;J01 ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the Giant Coot are of a blunt oval or elliptical 

 form, the shell being coarse in texture and without gloss. On 

 account of their largo size and the character of the markings, they 

 are ensily separable from the eggs of all the other Coots in the Col- 

 lection. The ground is of a pale cream-colour, and this is sparingly 

 marked with spots and somewhat large blotches of reddish brown 

 and a few shell-markings of pale purple. Eive specimens measure 

 from 2-5 to 2-75 in length, and from 1-7 to 1'8 in breadth. 



5. Province of Tarapaca, Chile {Bahmer Berkeley .Tames Coll. 

 4' Lane). 



Fulica rufifrons, PMlippi ^- Landh. 



(Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Fulica leucopygia, Duniford, Ibis, 1878, p. 6C. 



Fulica leucopvga, <SW. <^- Iluds. Arqent. Orn. ii. p. lo" (l8i!J) ; .Sluirne, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 220 (1894). 

 Fulica rufilrous, Sharpe. Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1890). 



The eggs of the lled-fronted Coot are oval, smooth, and have a 

 small amount of gloss. They are of a pale creamy buff, tiuged with 

 green. The underlying markings are few in number, small and of 

 a ])ale purple colour. The surface-markings are more numerous 

 and consist of specks, small spots and blotches, of rich chocolate- 

 brown. One example has a few twisted lines on the larger end, 

 where, as a rule, there is a tendenc}^ for the markings to be more 

 numerous than elsewhere. The three specimens in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-15 by 1"45 ; 2 by '38 ; 2-22 by 1-41. 



.3. Argentine Republic, Oct. \. II. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Fulica american 



Fulica americana, Thien. Fortjyjlanz. ges. Vikj. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 2 (1845 .j4) ; 

 Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 384 (1847) ; Salv. S,- Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 4-5 ; 

 Blahisfon, Ibis, 1863, p. 135; Baird, Breiver if Jlidqii: Water 

 Birds N. Am. i. p. 393 (1884); Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 

 p. 221 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Coot only differ from those of F. atra 

 by their smaller size. They measure from 1-75 to 2*05 in length, 

 and from 1-25 to 1*33 in breadth. 



r>. X. Aiiieiica (Ilenshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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