Plate LVIII. 



Foclia de ligas roxas 

 Fulica armillata 



Fulica chilensis 

 Fu lica front at a 

 Fulica gallinulo'ides 



FULICA ARMILLATA. 



(RED-GARTERED COOT). 



Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 474, No. 448. 



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



Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 28, et Journ. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-h. p. 



Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 390, et La-Plata-Reise, ii. p. 505. 



Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 465. 



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



G. E. Gray, in Mus. Brit. 



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



82. 



Obscure schistacea, capite toto nigricante : flexura alari et remigis externi margine albis : crisso albo, plumis 

 quib.usd.am medialibus nigris : rostro flavo, maculis basalibus rubris : clypeo frontali magno, ovali, flavo, rubro margi- 

 nato : pedibus maximis, flavicanti-olivaceis : tibiarum parte ima et tarsis antice ruberrimis : long, tota 16*5, alae 7'8, 

 caudse 2'0, rostri a rictu 1'4, tarsi 2 - 8, digit! medii cum ungue 4"0. 



Hab. in Paraguaya, (Bonpland): Brasil. merid. et rep. Argentina (Burmeister) : Patagonia (D'Orligny): 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 head-shield varies 

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



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