1868.] 



ON THE AMERICAN PALLIDA. 



463 



1. FULICA CORNUTA. 



Fulica cornuta, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. !)25 (185;^); Haiti. J f. 

 Orn. i. Extra-H. 18.53, p. 82. 



Lycornis cornuta, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 600. 



Cinereo -nigra, capitc et cervice obscurioribus : crisso nigro, albi- 

 cante partim inixto : clypeo frontali caruncula longa em'mente 

 insh-iicto: long, tola 19-0, tarsi 3-1. 



Hah. Potosi, Bolivia {Cast, et Bev.). 



Mus. Paris. 



Fig. 4. 



Head of Fidica airnuta. 



. ^y^ 'n^*^. ^^^" ^^^ °"ly '^"own specimen of this remarkable species 

 111 the Pans Museum, but have nothing to add to Dr. Hartlaub's 

 notes on it. The drawing of the head (fig. 4) is from the typical 

 specimen. ^ 



2. Fulica gigantea. 



Fulica gigantea, Eyd. & Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. p. 10'' t 8- 

 Tsch. F. P. p. 302; Hartl. Cab. J. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-H. p. 80.' 

 Phalaria gigas, Reich". Nat. Syst. p. xxi. 



Nigra : crisso alba partim niixto : rostro rubricanfe : clypeo fron- 

 tali flavo : pedibus rubris : long, tota 2\-Q, alee 10-9, tarsi S-f), 

 dig. med. cum ungue .5'3. 



Hub. Andes of Peru; Altos of Huaihuai (T5c/jh</«) ; between Are- 

 cpupa and Cusco {Cast, et Dec). 

 Mus, Paris. 



