(AMERICAN WATERHEN.)
+Gallinula galeata+, _Burm. La-Plata Reise_, ii. p. 505 (Rio Paraná);
_Scl. et Salv. Nomencl._ p. 140; _iid. P. Z. S._ 1868, p. 462;
_White, P. Z. S._ 1882, p. 627 (Buenos Ayres); _Barrows, Auk_,
1884, p. 277 (Entrerios).
_Description._--Above grey; middle of back and wings olivaceous
brown: beneath grey, whitish on the middle of the belly; bend of the
wing, stripes on the flanks, and sides of crissum pure white; middle
of crissum and tail black; frontal shield and bill red, the latter
tipped with yellow; feet olive varied with yellow; naked portion of
shank scarlet: whole length 15·0 inches, wing 7·5, tail 5·5.
_Female_ similar.
_Hab._ North and South America.
The American representative of our familiar Waterhen extends into the
western provinces of the Argentine Republic. Mr. Barrows tells us it is
abundant on the Lower Uruguay, and Dr. Burmeister met with it on the
Paraná.