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462 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [Jlllie 25, tinctness of the two forms established until we have had an oppor­tunity of examining a series of specimens from several localities. Genus 8. GALLINULA. Type. Gallinula, Latham, Ind. Orn. ii. p. 770 G. chloropus. GALLINULA GALEATA. Crex galeata, Licht. Doubl. p. 80 (1823). Tahana, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 238. Gallinula galeata, Max. Beitr. iv. 807 (1833); Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 760 ; Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 302 ; Gay, Faun. Chil. Aves, p. 437 ; Burm. S. U. iii. p. 389 ; Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 505 ; Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 381; A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 260; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 314; Salv. Ibis, 1866, p. 198; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81, et 1867, p. 339 ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 176 ; Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 237; Gundl. Rep. F. N. p. 362; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. xi. p. 97; Leotaud, Ois. de Trin. p. 503. Ardesiacus: dorso medio et alis extus olivaceis in brunneum trahen-tibus, ventre medio albicante; margine alari, strigis hypochondrio-rum elongatis et crisso pure albis, hujus plumis mediis et caudce rectricibus nigris : clypeo frontali et rostro coccineis, hujus flavo : pedibus olivaceis flavo variegatis; tibiee parte nuda rubra : long, tota 15'0, alee 7*5, caudce 3*3, rostri a rictu 1*5, tarsi 2*3, digiti med. cum ungue 3*7. Hab. Americse bor. stat. merid. (Baird); Cuba (Gundlach); Jamaica (Gosse et Osburn) ; St. Domingo (Bryant) ; Trinidad (Leo­taud); Guatemala (Salvin) ; St. Croix (Newton); Guiana (Schomb.); Brazil (Max. et Burnt.) ; Paraguay (Azara) ; Honduras (G. C. Tay­lor); St. Domingo (Salle); Chih (Gay); Peru (Tschudi et Whitely). 31us. Brit., S.-G. Genus 9. FULICA. rr Type. Fulica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 277 (1766) F. atra. Phalaria, Reich. Nat. Syst. p. 21 (1852) F. gigantea. Lysca, Reich. Nat. Syst. p. 21 (1852) F. ardesiaca. Lycornis, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 4, Zool. i. p. 46 (1854) F. cornuta. Claris specierum Americanarum. a. clypeo frontali carunculato \ cornuta b. clypeo frontali laevi. a', crisso pra*cipue nigro, lateraliter albo mixto. major: flexura alari nigra 2. qiqantea minor: flexura alari alba 3 ardesiaca U. crisso prascipue albo. a", secundariis omnino concoloribus. margine alari albo 4. armillata, margine alar, concolori [} leucopyga. 0 . secundariis albo terminatis. major: rostro flavo ,; jcm.0 tera minor : rostro rubro notato 7. americana.