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P[(yrphijrio] martinicus Maximilian, Journ. fiir Orn., vii, 1859, 94 (s. United 

 States to Brazil). 



[Porphijrio] martinicus Sclateb and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 140. 



lonornis martinica Merrill (J. C), Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, 165 (Fort 

 Brown, Tex., breeding). — Ridqway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 11, 202 

 (Cat. North Amer. Birds, No. 578) ; Nom. North Amer. Birds, 1881, 

 No. 578.— Chamberlain, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 105 (Georgetown, 

 New Brunswick, Sept. 1880) .— Jencks, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, 1882, 124 

 (Westerly, R. L; no date). — Coues, Check List, ed. 2, 1882, No. 685. — 

 Baird, Brewer, and Ridge^vay, Water Birds, North Amer., i, 1884, 384. — 

 Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, 1885, 162; Auk, iv, 1888, 57 (West In- 

 dian localities and references) ; x, 1893, 220 (Tobago) ; Birds West Indies, 

 1889, 258 ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 91 ; Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 131, 

 1909, 386 (near Chicago, 111., May 1866; near Coal City, Grundy County, 111., 

 April 24, 1900; Janesville, Milwaukee, and Racine, Wis.). — Butler, Brook- 

 ville Soc. Nat. Hist. Bull. 2, 1886, 15 (near Brookville, Franklin County, 

 Ind., spring 1880) ; Auk. xiv, 1897, 200 (Sandusky, Ohio, Apr. 28, 1896) ; 

 Rep. State. Geol. Indiana for 1897 (1898), 681 (near Brookville, spring 1880; 

 Decatur County, May 1883; Wayne County, 2 specimens). — American Orni- 

 thologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, and ed. 2, 1895, No. 218; ed. 4, 1931, 

 99.— Wells, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1SS7, 629 (Grenada, resident ) .—Cooke, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Ecoii. Orn. Bull. 2, 1888, 88.— Brown (H), Auk, v, 

 1888, 109 (near Tucson, Ariz. Oct. 1887).— Wayne, Auk, v, 1888, 109 

 (Yemassee, S. C. ; habits; descr. nest and eggs) ; Birds South Carolina, 1910, 

 40 (summer resident; habits, descr. nest and eggs). — Feilden, Ibis, 1889, 

 499 (Barbardos). — Rives, Cat. Birds Virginia, 1890, 53 (several occur- 

 rences). — Scott, Auk, ix, 1892, 12 (Jamaica, resident). — Boucard and Ber- 

 LEPSCH, The Humming Bird, ii, 1892, 41 (Porto Real, Brazil). — Attwater, 

 Auk. ix, 1892, 232 (San Antonio, Tex., rare migrant). — Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., v, 1893, 150 (Cachoeira, Brazil). — Dutcher, Auk. x, 1893, 

 272 (near Flatlands, Long Island, no date; "formerly very plentiful"). — 

 Lantz, Auk. X, 1893, 300 (Manhattan, Kans., Apr. 14, 1893) .—Stone, Birds, 

 Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1894, 68 (several records). — Chap- 

 man, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vi, 1894, 79 (Trinidad).— Tuttle, Auk, 

 xii, 1895, 191 (Erie County, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1894 ) .—Piers, Auk, xv, 1898, 195 

 (Devils Island, Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, Jan. 16, 1896; Chezzetcook, 

 Halifax County, Jan. 1896; near Halifax, Jan. 30, 1870, and Apr. 1889).— 

 Henninoer, Auk, xvi, 1899, 75 (Scioto River near Waverly, Ohio, Nov. 16, 

 1898).— Farley, Auk, xviii, 1901, 190 (Boxford, Mass., June 1897) ; xxii, 1905, 

 409 (Sandwich, Mass., Apr. 1902).— Deane, Auk, xix, 1902, 77 (Grundy 

 County, 111., Apr. 24, 1900; xxvi, 1909,305 (Willington, Will County, 111., Apr. 

 26, 1909).— Allen (G. M.), Proc. Manchester Inst. Arts and Sci., iv, 1902, 

 190 (Rye and Willard's Pond, near Daver, N. H. ; Auk, xxv, 1908, 234 (Sea- 

 conuet, R. I., June 8, 1900). — Kumlein and Hollister, Wisconsin Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Bull. 3, 1903, 39 (Wisconsin).— Taverner, Auk, xxii, 1905, 89 (Guelph, 

 Wellington County, Ontario, no date). — Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., xlvi, 1905, 94 (Gorgona Island, Colombia). — Bangs and Zappey, Amer. 

 Nat., xxxix, 1905, 192 (Isle of Pines, Cuba; crit. ; measurements). — Howe, 

 Auk, xxii, 1905, 319 (Randolph, Mass., May 24, 1904).— Fleming, Auk, xxiii, 



1906, 448 (Rouge River, Ontario, Apr. 18, 1892).— Woodruff, Chicago Acad. 

 Sci. Bull. 6, 1907, 60 (Lake View, Chicago, May 1886) .— Widmann, Birds 

 Mis.souri, 1907, 61 (2 records). — Anderson, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., xl, 



1907, 209 (Iowa, 2 records).— Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., xv, 1908, 100 (Fazenda 



