144 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Genus GALLINULA Brisson. 

 Gallinula Briss, Orn. VI. 1760, 2. Type, Fulica chloropus Linn. 

 219. Gallinula galeata (Light.). 



Florida GalUnuIe. 



Crex galeata Light. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 80. 

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



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



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

 Chili. 



Subfamily FULICIN.^. Coots. 



Genus FULICA Linnaeus. 

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



[220.] Fulica atra Linn. 

 European Coot. 



Fulica atra Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. I7cf 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 cmericana Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 704. 

 [B 559, C 474, R 58°. C 686.] 



Hab. North America, from Greenland and Alaska southward to 

 the West Indies and Central America. 



