Mr. O. Salvin on the Fulica alba of White. 295 



grey tinged with rufous and marked with black bars ; throat- 

 feathers with rounded ends, and having U-shaped marks on 

 each feather; tarsus 2\ inches. 



2. N. salvini. Bill light horn-colour clouded in the mid- 

 dle ; front pale rufous ; throat-feathers with their ends nearly- 

 even, of a pale ochreous, with lighter-coloured margin ; tarsus 

 2f inches. 



3. N. rufipennis. Bill black for three fourths its length, 

 the end whitish horn-colour ; front blackish blue, of the same 

 colour as the crown and crest ; throat-feathers lanceolate in 

 shape and of a blackish blue colour ; there is no distinct pec- 

 toral band ; tarsus 2| inches. 



4. N. pucherani. Bill deep carmine, yellowish at tip, much 

 curved and very high ; front dark brown ; throat-feathers 

 dark ash, their ends are slightly rounded, and the lower ones 

 are margined with black ; tarsus 2^ inches. 



XXXV.— Note on the Fulica alba of White. 

 By Osbert Salvin, M.A., &c. 



(Plate X.) 



In a former number of 'The Ibis' for the current year 

 {antea, p. 45) , I referred to a Plate which I was having pre- 

 pared from a coloured drawing, sent to me by Herr von Pel- 

 zeln, of the typical specimen of the Fulica alba of White. 

 This plate (Plate X.) is now given herewith. 



On comparing the coloured drawing with the specimens of 

 Notornis mantelli in the British Museum, it appeared evident 

 that the bird in the Imperial Cabinet at Vienna must belong 

 to Notornis. The short wings and the short toes, as well as 

 the outline of the beak, indicated clearly a far greater generic 

 affinity with Notornis than with Porphyrio. 



I therefore (depending, of course, upon the accuracy of the 

 drawing sent me, which has been placed on stone by Mr. 

 Keulemans on a slightly larger scale than the original sketch) 

 have little hesitation in adding this species to the genus No- 

 tornis, thereby confirming the position pointed out for it by 

 Herr von Pelzeln {antea, p. 44). 



