RALLID^. OTID.E. 443 



1199. Fulica cristata, Lath. Crested Coot. 

 Hob. South Africa. 



a. Female. Presented by Earl Fitzwilliam, F.Z.S., Feb. 11. 



1858. 

 b-d. Hybrids between this species and Falica aim, Linn. 



Bred in the Gardens, June 8, 1863. 



1200. Fulica ardesiaca, Tschudi. Slaty Coot. 

 Hob. Peru. 



a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, Sept. 18, 1877. See 

 P.Z.S. 1877, p. 683. 



Order ALECTOEIDES. 

 Family OTID^E. 



Genus OTIS. 



1201. Otis tarda,~Lmu. Great Bustard. 

 Hab. Europe. 



a, b. Males. Purchased, Oct. 10, 1863. 



c. Female. Purchased, Nov. 7, 1863. 



d. Purchased, May 21, 1874. 

 e-g. Deposited, Aug. 12, 1876. 



h. Male; i,j. Females. Presented by the Lord Lilford, 

 Aug. 2, 1878. 



Genus EUPODOTIS*. 



1202. Eupodotis australis (Gray) . Australian Bustard. 

 Hab. Australia. 



a. Purchased, April 4, 1866. See P. Z. S. 1866, p. 201. 

 6. Presented by the Acclimatization Society of Sydney, 

 April 19, 1866. See P. Z. S. 1866, p. 203. 



c. Female. Presented by Dr. G-. Bennett, F.Z.S., May 11, 



1867. 



d. Male; e. Female. Deposited, July 19, 1876. Pur- 



chased, Feb. 1877. 



* On the display of this bird, see Murie, P. Z. S. 1868, pi. xxxvi. 

 p. 471 ; also Garrod, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 471. 



