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Show 1868.] ON THE AMERICAN RALL1D.E. 463 I. FULICA CORNUTA. Fulica cornuta, Bp. C. R. xxxvii. p. 925 (1853) ; Hartl. J. f. Orn. i. Extra-H. 1853, p. 82. Lycornis cornuta, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 600. Cinereo-nigra, capite et cervice obscurioribus: crisso nigro, albicante partim mixta : clypeo frontali caruncula longa eminente instructo: long, tota 19*0, tarsi 3*1. Hab. Potosi, Bolivia (Cast, et Devi). Mus. Paris. Fig. 4. Head of Fulica cornuta. W e have seen the only known specimen of this remarkable species in the Paris Museum, but have nothing to add to Dr. Hartlaub's notes on it. The drawing of the head (fig. 4) is from the typical specimen. 2. FULICA GIGANTEA. Fulica gigantea, Eyd. & Soul. Voy. Bonite, Zool. p. 102, t. 8; Tsch. F. P. p. 302; Hartl. Cab. J. f. Orn. 1853, Extra-H. p. 80. Phalaria gigas, Reich. Nat. Syst. p. xxi. Nigra : crisso albo partim mixto : rostro rubricante : clypeo frontali flavo : pedibus rubris : long, tota 21'0, alee 10*9, tarsi 3*9, dig. med. cum ungue 5*3. Hab. Andes of Peru ; Altos of Huaihuai (Tschudi) ; between Arequipa and Cusco (Cast, et Dec). Mus. Paris. |