144 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



GENUS GALLINULA BRISSON. 



Gallinula BRISS. Orn. VI. 1760, 2. Type, Fulica chlorofius LINN. 

 219. Gallinula galeata (LIGHT.). 



Florida Gallinule. 



Cr ex galeata LIGHT. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 80. 

 Gallinula galeata BONAP. Am. Orn. IV. 1832, 128. 



[B 560, 472, R 579, C 685.] 



HAB. Temperate and tropical America, from Canada to Brazil and 

 Chili. 



SUBFAMILY FULICIISLE. COOTS. 



GENUS FULICA LINNAEUS. 



Fulica LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. Type, F. atra LINN. 

 [220.] Fulica atra LINN. 



European Coot. 



Fnlica atra LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 152. 

 [B , C , R , C 885.] 



HAB. Northern parts of the Eastern Hemisphere in general ; acci- 

 dental in Greenland. 



221. Fulica americana GMEL. 

 American Coot. 



Fulica americana GMEL. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 704. 

 C B 559, C 474, R 580, C 686.] 



HAB. North America, from Greenland and Alaska southward to 

 the West Indies and Central America. 



