May l7l 

 1915 J 



BANGS — AMERICAN GALLINULE 



99 



Characters. — Size very large, largest of American forms. 

 General color, 'blackish plumbeous,' the back, wings and rump, slightly 

 suffused with 'dark oUve' and dull 'olive-brown.' 



No. 



24,351 

 24,352 

 24,353 

 24,354, 



MEASUREMEXTS (in millimeters). 



Sex Locality 



? Lake Titicaca 



licryiarks. — This very distinct form can at once be told from any 

 of the other American subspecies by its large size, and, when fully 

 adult, by its blackish coloration. 



I Primaries in moult, and not grown out to their proper length. 



