388 ALECTORIDES. 



or sepia-brown above ; broad loiigitiuliiuil strii)es on the flanks, lateral feathers of the crissum, 

 and border of the wing, white. Bill and frontal shield (in adult) bright red, the end of the former 

 yellowish green ; legs and feet green (in life), the upper part of the tibia scarlet. 



A. Frontal sliidd rounded or pointed posteriorly. 



1. G. chloropus.^ Wing, G.G0-7.0() inches; culmen, including frontal shield, 1.50-1.75; 



tarsus, 1.90-2.00 ; middle toe, 2.25. Back greenish olive. Hob. Palaarctic Region. 



B. Frontal shield truncate posteriorly. 



2. G. galeata. Wing, 6.85-7.25 inches ; bill, from end of frontal shield, 1.70-1.85 ; tar.sus, 



2.10-2.30; middle toe, 2.50-2. GO. Back, scapulars, and rump, dark sepia-brown (more 

 olivaceous anteriorly), distinctly different from the clear plumbeous of the lower parts ; 

 lateral feathers of the crissum entirely pure white. Hub. North and Middle, and much 

 of l-^outli, America, and West Indies. 



3. G. Garmaui.'- Wing, 9.10 inches; bill, IVom end of frontal shield, 1.90; tarsus, 2.60; 



miildle toe, 2.80. Back dark slate, slightly tinged with dark sooty brown, not distinctly 

 different from the dark .slaty plumbeous of the lower parts ; lateral feathers of the crissum 

 bordered with blackish slate. Ilab. Vicinity of Lake Titicaca, Peru. 



Gallinula galeata. 



THE FLORIDA GALLINULE. 



Crcx galeata, Licnx. Verz. Doulil. 1823, 80, no. 826. 



Gallinula galeata, Bonap. Am. Orn. IV. 1832, 128. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 221. — Ca.ss. in Baird's 



B. N. Am. 1858, 752. — Baird, B. N. Am. 1859, no. 560. — Coues, Key, 1872, 275 ; Check 



List, 1873, no. 472 ; 2d ed. 1882, no. 684 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 540. — KiDGW. Xom. N. Am. B. 



1881, no. 579. 

 Gallinula cJilorojms, Bonap. Synop. 1828, 336 (nee Lath.). — Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 330, 



pi. 224 ; Synop. 1839, 210 ; B. Am. V. 1842, 132, pi. 304. 



Hab. The whole of tropical and temperate America, north to Canada, south to Brazil and 

 Chili. 



Sp. Char. Adult : Frontal plate large, obovate, truncated or slightly convex posteriorly, flat 

 and smootli, or tumid and corrugated. Bill shorter than the head, rather thick, compressed. 

 Head, neck, and entire lower parts dark plumbeous, with a bluish cinereous cast, frequently nearly 

 black on the head and neck, and generally lighter (in autumnal and winter specimens (juite white) 

 on the abdomen. Crissum white, the middle feathers black ; feathers of the flanks widely edged 

 with white, producing broad stripes ; edge of the wing and edge of outer primary white. LTpper 

 parts dark russet-, or sepia-brown, darker on the rump. Bill and frontal shield bright scarlet in 

 life, the end of the former greenish yellow or bright yellow ; iris brown ; legs and feet yellowish 

 green, the joints ashy blue ; upper part of the naked tibia? scarlet. Young: Similar, but frontal 

 shield rudimentary, the bill brownish, paler at the tip ; the whole lower parts suffused with 

 whitish, and the head mixed with the same, particularly the throat, which is sometimes wholly 



1 Gallinula chloropus. The European Gallimile or Moor-hen. 



F-ulica eJiloropus, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, 1758, 152 ; ed. 12, 1766, 258. 



GalUmila chloropus. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 1790, 770. — Naum. Viig. Deutsehl. IX. 1S38, 587, 

 pi. 240. —Bonap. Comp. List, 1838, 53. — Keys. & Blas. Wirb. Em-. 1840, 68.— 

 Macgill. Man. II. 117. — Gray, Gen. B. III. 1849, 599 ; Cat. Brit. B. 1863, 180. 



Slagmcola septentrionalis, Brehm, Yog. Deutsehl. 1831, 704. 



FuUcafusca, Gmel. S. N. I. 1788, 697. 



Fuliea maculata, -GuKU t. c 701. 



Fuliea favipcs and F. fistulan.% (hiF.i,. t. c. 702. 



Common GaUinulc, Penn. Brit. Zool. II. 1812, 121, pi. 22, up. lig. ; et AucT. 



Moor-hen, Yarp.. Brit. B. ed. 2, III. 114, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 129, fig. ; et AuCT. 



2 Gallinula Garmani. Garman's Gallinulo. 



Gallinula Garmani, Allen, Bull. Mus. Coniii. Zool. III. July, 1876, 357 (Lake Titicaca). 



