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mon throughout wet years, in immense numbers in winter, breeds 

 early in Oct.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIII. p. 224 (1894); 

 Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 302 (Sacaya); Schalow. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. 

 p. 667 (1898 : Lago Llanquihue, Nov.); Sharpe, Hand-List B. I. p. no 

 (1899); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) XX. p. 626 (1900: Uscinaia, 

 June); Gates, Cat. Bds. Eggs, Brit. Mus. I. p. 132 (1901). 



Fulica gallinuloides, King, Zool. Journ. IV. p. 96 (1828: Straits of Ma- 

 gellan) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 291 ; Gibson, Proc. Phys. Soc. 

 Edinb. 1876, 78, p. 184. 



Fulica leucopyga, Wagl. Isis, 1831, p. 516. 



Fulica stricklandi, Hartl. J. f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 86; Scl. P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 339. 



Fulica chloropoides, Phil. & Landb. (nee King) Arch. f. Nat. XXVIII. p. 

 218 (1862) ; iid. Cat. Av. Chil. p. 39 (1868). 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. (Male, P. U. C. No. 7,962.) Total length, about 14.50 inches. 



Culmen including frontal shield, 1.80 inches. 



Wing, 8.1 inches. 



Tail, 2.40 inches. 



Tarsus, 2.3 inches. 



Color. (Male cited above). The general coloration of this species 



FIG. 27. FIG. 28. 



Fulica leucoptera. Profile of Fulica leucoptera. Showing shape 



head and neck, i^ natu- of frontal shield, 



ral size. 



resembles closely that of Fulica armillata Vieill., but the olive washing of 

 the upper parts is clearer and the lower are decidedly lighter and more 

 slaty. The outer feathers of the bastard wing are white, as is the outer 

 edge of the first primary. The outer secondaries have broad white tips. 



