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1917. Wetmore shot a female at the Etang Miragoane April 1, 1927. 

 Poole and Perrygo secured male and female at Dessalines December 

 24, 1928, and a female at Fort Liberie February 14, 1929. Bond 

 shot a male at Port-de-Paix April 2, 1928. Danforth records two 

 near Haina June 16, 1927 which would indicate that they were on 

 their breeding grounds. Attention is drawn to this matter that 

 investigation may be made by those interested. 48 



In habits and appearance this well known bird is similar to the 

 Caribbean coot, differing only in the color of the frontal shield, 

 which in the present species has the upper portion deep red. 

 (PI. 16.) 



FULICA CARIBAEA Ridgway 



CARIBBEAN COOT, GALLARETA, GALLARETA PICO BLANCO, GEOUDEL, 

 POULE D'EAU, FOULQUE 



Fulica caribaea Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7, 1S84, p. 358 (St. 

 John ) .—Peters, Bull. Mus. Coinp. Zool, vol. 61, 1917, p. 403 (El Batey). — 

 Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 495 (Trou Caiman, 

 specimen). — Danfobth, Auk, 1929, p. 363 (Laguna del Salodillo, Haina, Etang 

 Miragoane, Artibonite, Gonaives). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 

 1929, p. 312 (Guerra). 



Poule d'eau, Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 262-264; vol. 3, 1809, 

 p. 147 (Haiti, habits, hunting). 



?Poule d'eau, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Franc, lie Saint Domingue, vol. 2, 

 1798, p. 809 (Jeremie). 



fFulica mexicana, Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, p. 66 (Pont de 

 l'Estere). — Bitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 157 (Haiti). 



fFulica americana, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 155 (Haiti) ; 

 Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1885, pp. 163-164 (Gantier) ; Cat. West 

 Indian Birds, 1892, p. 91 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). — Cherrie, Field Colum- 

 bian Mus., Ornith. ser. vol. 1, 1896, p. 25 (Dominican Republic). — Tippenhauer, 

 Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 323 (listed).— Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1909, p. 356 (Dominican Republic). 



fFulica a. americana, Beece, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 139 ; Beneath 

 Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 219 (Etang Miragoane). 



Resident, locally common. 



As the Caribbean coot (PI. 16) in Hispaniola has been confused 

 with the American coot until recently, records in literature, except 

 for those of Descourtilz, and Peters are of uncertain allocation. As 

 a matter of convenience others are given, with a query, under the 

 present species. 



48 It may be noted that there is in the National Museum a male American coot taken 

 at Cabanas, Cuba, on May 23, 1900, by William Palmer and J. H. Riley. Danforth, 

 Auk, 1928, p. 482, has recorded two coots taken on Long Pond near Hodges, Jamaica, 

 August 9, 1926, under the name Fulica americana grenadensis Riley. Our specimens 

 from Haiti have the frontal shield exactly as in contin-eutal am&ricana, and have do indica- 

 tion of the characters of grenadensis. 



