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primary in this species is very narrow, but quite discernible. These two characters and the 

 different form of the head-shield, which is broadly rounded at the upper extremity will serve to 



separate it from F. leucopyga. 



Our figure of this Coot is taken from the typical specimen of Dr. Hartlaub's Fulica stricklandi 

 which has been kindly lent to us from the treasures of the Bremen Museum. 



Besides the species here figured we are acquainted with three other American Coots, making- 

 altogether seven of this genus in the New World — namely 



1. Fulica coknuta. 



Fulica cornuta, Bp. Compt. Bend, xxxvii. p. 925, (1853) : Hartl. J. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-h. p. 82 : Lycomis 

 comuta, Bp. C. E. xliii. p. 600 : ex Bolivia. 



2. Fulica gigantea. 



Fulica gigantea, Eyd. et Soul. Voy. Bon. Zool. p. 102, t. 8: Tsch. E. P. p. 302 : Hartl. J. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-h. 

 p. 80 : Fhalaria gigantea, Beich. Nat. Syst. p. xxi. : ex Peruvia alta. 



3. EULICA AMEBIC ANA. 



Fulica americana, Grm. : Baird, Birds K Am. p. 751 : Hartl. J. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-h. p. 87 : ex America Bor. univ. 

 America Centr. et inss. Antillensibus. 



The following- table, taken from our paper on the American Balliclge recently read before 

 the Zoological Society, may assist in determining- these seven species. 



A. Clypeo frontali carunculato 



B. Clypeo frontali non-carunculato : 



a' crisso prsecipue nigro, lateraliter albo mixto 

 major, flexura alari nigra 

 minor, flexura alari alba 



b' crisso prsecipue albo, medialiter nigro 

 a" secundariis ommino concoloribus : 

 margine alari albo 

 margine alari concolore 

 b" secundariis albo terminatis : 

 major : rostro flavo 

 minor : rostro rubro notato 



1. comuta. 



2. gigantea. 



3. ardesiaca. 



4. armillata. 



5. leucopyga. 



6. leucoptera. 



7. americana. 







August, 1868. 



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