HALLIIXE - THE COOTS - FCLrCA. 



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lutiTs, trmislatLHl from Mi-ssrs. Sci.atku &. Sai.vinV " Claci^ sy)t(.ii.ci/iii" (P. Z. S. l.'sds, p. 4(!:i), ait- 

 as tollows : — 



.('. Ciissuin Miifk ciMitrally, iiiixcil with while lati^rally. 



Lari;t' : lli'iul nt' tliu wiii^' hlack F. (ji'jmitat. 



Small : lifiid cit' tlin wiii^; wliiti^ F. nriliuaca. 



//. (.'rissum whiilly white. 



tt". Si'coiidaiio:! (•(iiHiilmcil. 



Miir|,'iii of tlu' Willi,' whiti' F, ttrmillata. 



Mai;,'iii of the will;; ((mcoloivd F. huen^i'itjiu 



h". Sftoiidarics tipjji'd with white. 



Lai'i^'f : ISili vi'lh>w F. Uuaqttcni. 



Small : ISill sipotteil with red F. niiurinuia. 



I', amerim.na. 



Thu two species occurring (one of them aceideiilally) in North America differ in the following 

 cliaiacters : — 



1 F. americana. Lateral and posterior feathers of evissum, ed,!,'e of wins,', and tips of secondaries 

 v.Iiite ; hill with a daik-hrownish >pot near end of each inaiidihje, the frontal shield 

 ilark brown. Win,!,', T.i'.VT.IiH ; tarsus, i.m-->.H\ ; middle toe, iAiy-iSMi. J{,tl>. Whole 

 of North and Middle America, and West Indies 

 atra. Only the edj,'e of the wing and very narrow eilge to outer ])iimarv white ; hill rt-ithout 

 dark spots near end, and frontal shield not conspicuously different in color from the hill. 

 Wing, 7.7(1-8.80 ; tarsus, •2.-2:}--2:.\ri ; middle toe, i'.8,j-3.15. Hah. Paltcurctic Region ; 

 accidental in Greenland. 



■2. F. 



Fulica americana. 



THE AMERICAN COOT. 



Fulica cimcrkana, Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 704. — Sw. & Hicii. ¥. R. A. II. 1831, 404. — Nrrr. Man. 



II. 1834, 229. — Arn. Oin. Biog. III. 1835, 291 ; V. 1839, 568: Synop. 1839, 212 ; B. Am. V. 



1842, 138, pi. 305. — C.vss. in Hainl's B. N. Am. 1858, 751. — B.mud, Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 



559. _('ouF,s, Key, 1872, 275 ; Check List, 1S73, no. 474 ; 2d ed, 1882, no. 686 ; Birds N. W. 



1874, 541. — RiDGW. Kom. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 580. 

 Fulica Wihnni, Steimiens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. XII. 1824, 236. 

 Fulica atra, Wii.s. Am. Orn. IX. 1825, 01, pi. 73, fig. 1 (nee LiNN.). 

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