Plate LVIII. 



FULICA ARMILLATA. 



(RED-GAETERED COOT). 



Focha de ligas roxas 

 dE'uliea armillata 



Milica chilensis 

 ^Pulica froriiata 

 Fulica gallinuloides 



Azai^a, Apimt. iii. p. 474, No. 448. 



Vieill. N. D. xii. p. 47, et Enc. Meth. p. 343. 



Hartl. Joum. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-h. p. 82, Burm. Syat. Feb. iii. 



p. 390, et La Plata-Eeise ii. p. 505. 

 Landbeck, "Wiegm. Arch. 1862, p. 221. 

 G. E. Gray, in Mus. Brit. 

 King, Zool. Journ. lY. p. 96 (?) 



Obscure scbistacea, capite toto nigricante : flexura alari et remigis esterni margine albis : crisso albo, prumis 

 quibusdam medialibus nigris : rostro flavo, maculis basalibus rubris : clypeo frontali magno, ovali, flavb, rubro margi- 

 nato : pedibus maxirriis, flavicanti-oKvaceis : tibiarum parte ima et tarsis antice ruberrimis : long, tota lQ'-5~, alse ;7'8j 

 caudffi 2'0, rostri a rictu 1"4, tarsi 2'8, digiti medii cum ungue 4"0. 



-HoJ. in Paraguaya, (Bonpland): Brasil. merid.-et r e^. AxgentixiSi (Burmeister): Patagonia (B'Orhigny): Chilia 

 (Landbeck) . 



This Coot is the largest species belonging to Dr. Hartlaub's third division of the genus, in 

 which the undertail coverts are white with a small black median patch. It is also readily 

 distinguishable" by the great size of the feet and legs, particularly by the length of the middle 

 toe, and by the bright red markings at the base of the yellow bill. The h6ad-shield varies 

 much in size in different individuals as will be seen by our figures, but is always broadly oval 



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