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Pnlica gigantea, Eyd. Sf Souleyet. 



Fulica gigantea, James, New List of Chilian Birds, p. 10 (1892) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds B.M. xxiii. p. 219 (1894); Lane, Ibis, 1897, p. 301; 

 Sharpe, Handel, i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the Giant Coot are of a blunt oval or elliptical 

 form, the shell being coarse in texture and without gloss. On 

 account of their large size and the character of the markings, they 

 are easily separable from the eggs of all the other Coots in the Col- 

 lection. The ground is of a pale cream-colour, and this is sparingly 

 marked with spots and somewhat large blotches of reddish brown 

 and a few shell-markings of pale purple. Five specimens measure 

 from 2-5 to 2'75 in length, and from 1-7 to 1*8 in breadth. 



5. Province of Tarapaca, Chile (Rahmer Berkeley James Coll. 

 ^ Lane). 



Fulica rufifrons, Philippi Sf Land)). 



(Plate X. fig. 7.) 



Fulica leucopygia, Ihimford, Ibis, 1878, p. 66. 



Fulica leucopyga, Sal. Sf Suds. Argent. Orn. ii. p. 157 (1839),; Sharpe, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. p. 220 (1894). 

 Fulica rufifrons, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the Eed-fronted Coot are oval, smooth, and have a 

 small amount of gloss. They are of a pale creamy buff, tinged with 

 green. The underlying markings are few in number, small and of 

 a pale purple colour. The surface-markings are more numerous 

 and consist of specks, small spots and blotches, of rich chocolate- 

 brown. One example has a few twisted lines on the larger end, 

 where, as a rule, there is a tendency for the markings to be more 

 numerous than elsewhere. The three specimens in the Collection 

 measure respectively : 2-15 by 1-45 ; 2 by -38 ; 2-22 by 1-41. 



3. Argentine Republic, Oct. 4. H. Holland, Esq. [C.]. 



Fulica american 



Fulica americana, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxiv. fig. 2 tl84o- 54) ; 

 Gosse, Birds Jamaica, p. 384 (1847) ; Satv. Sf Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 45 ; 

 Blakiston, Ibis, 1863, p. 135; Baird, Brewer §• Ridgw. Water 

 Birds N. Am. i. p. 393 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 

 p. 221 (1894) ; id. Hand-l. i. p. 110 (1899). 



The eggs of the American Coot only differ from those of P. atra 

 by their smaller size. They measure from 1-75 to 2-05 in length, 

 and from 1-25 to 1-33 in breadth. 



5 N. America (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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