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(258) lonornis martinicus (Linn.). 



Fulica martinica Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1766, p. 259 (Martinique, W. I.). 

 Porphyrio martinica Wtatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 383 (Lake Paturia) ; Scl. & Salv., 

 P. Z. S., 1879, p. 546 (MedeOin; breeding). 



lonornis martinica Robinson, Flying Trip, p. 152 (Barranquilla). 

 Jonomis martinica Hbllm., P. Z. S., 1911, p. 1208 (Tad6). 



Of this common wide-ranging species our collection contains only five 

 specimens one of which, taken by Mrs. Kerr at Turbaco, near Carthagena, 

 Aug. 3, 1911, is molting from juvenal into first winter plumage. 



Atrato River, 2 ; Sinu River, 1; Turbaco, 1; Florencia, 1. 



(265a) Fulica americana Columbiana Ckapm. 



Fulica americana columbiana Chapm., BuU. A. M. N. H., XXXIII, 1914, p. 170 

 (La Herrera, Bogota Savanna, Col.). 



Char, subsp. — Similar to F. a. americana, but tarsi and toes longer, bill heavier 

 and longer, frontal shield larger, higher, rounded posteriorly and more clearly defined 

 from the bill anteriorly; bill basally, in breeding specimens, yellowish; plumage, 

 particularly of the underparts, darker, more slaty; the under wing-coverts darker 

 with little or no white edgings; the white at the ends of the inner secondaries averag- 

 ing less in extent and confined largely to the inner web of the feathers. 



A locally common bird in the sloughs of the Bogota Savanna. Doubt- 

 less this form is deserving of specific distinction, but its relationships seem 

 best expressed by a trinomial designation. It is remarkable that while in 

 South America as in North America Fulica appears to be a Temperate Zone 

 bird, a nearly allied race of americana should be found at sea-level in the 

 West Indies. 



. La Herrera, 12; La Olanda, 1. 



Family HELIORNITHID^. Finfeet. 



(267) Heliornis fulica (Bodd.). 



Colymbus fulica Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl., 1783, p. 54. 



Heliornis fulica Wyatt, Ibis., 1871, p. 384 (Ooana); Scl. & Salv., P. Z. S., 1879, 

 p. 546 (Dept. Antioquia). 



Barbacoas, 1. 



