G14 ORNITHOLOGY. 



slonglis near Sacramento, where it was found in company Avith the Coot, or 

 "White-billed Mud-hen" (Fulica americana). It was not seen in the Inte- 

 rior, where the latter l)ird was extremely numerous. 



Lint of speciiuens. 



40, 9 ad.; Sacrameuto, California, June 13, 1867. 13— 21— 0§— uj— lA— IJ^'— 

 IJ— L'f— 1^. Bill and frontal plate, bright veinous-scarlet; tip of bill, abruptly, yel- 

 lowish-green; iris, brown; tarsal scutellse, bright jellowisli-green, scHUelhe of the toes, 

 deeper green ; knees, and joints of toes, fine ashy-blue; upper half of tibia, all round, 

 bright scarlet. 



FULIOA AMERICANA. 

 A mo lie :i II foot. 



(Si'-'i/eh-ch of the Shoshones.) 



Fulica americana, (Jmelin, Syst. Nat., 1, 1788, 70-1.- Cassin, in Baird's Birds 



N. Am., 1858, 751 Baird, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1850, No. 559.— Couks, Key, 



1872, 275; Check List, 1873, No. 474; Birds N.W., 1874, 541.— Hensuaw, 

 1875, 409. 



The Coot, (»r "White-billed iMud-lien," as it is sometimes called, was 

 extremely numerous in all extensive marshes, both in the Sacramento "Valley 

 and eastward of tlie Sierra Nevada. In the latter region it was resident, 

 though most aljundant in sununer. 



List of .specimens. 



841, ? ad.; Camp 10, Ruby Valley, Nevada, July 15, 1808. 15:|— 205— (?)— 0. 

 Bill, opaque milk-wliite (i)uiest basally), with a very faint liiaceous glow in the middhi 

 portion, assuiiiiiig terminally a pale bluish-cast; spot at base of frontal plate, and near 

 til) of each mandible, ilark hei)aticsepia, each spot bordered anteriorly with dragon'.s- 

 blood-red; iris, carmine ; prevailing hue of tibia, tarsi, and toes, delicate pale ashy- 

 blue, but this overlaid on tarsi (all round) aud on upper surface of toes (except ou 

 joints) with bright yellowish-green ; claws, black. 



1 To posterior eud of frontal plate. 



