540 GALLINULA GALEATA, FLORIDA GALLINULE. 



TuRNB., B. E. Pa. 1869, 33 (breeding in marshes of Cape May County, N. J.)-— 

 COUKS, Key, 1872, 274.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 11 (Kansas, one specimen, 

 Allen). — RiDGW., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 387 (Illinois, summer). 



Aramides (Crcciscus) jamaicensis, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 61, No. 10444. 



Crex pygma'a, Blackwell, Brewster's Journ. vi, 1832, 77. 



Ortygometra cliilensis, Bp., Comptes Reudus, xliii, 599. 



Eallus saUnasi, Phil., Wiegen. Arcliiv, 1867, 262. 



" Gallinula saUnasi, Phil., Cat. 1869, 38." 



b. coturniculus. 



Porzana jamaicensis var. coturniculus, Ed., mss. — Ridgw., Am. Nat. viii, 1874, 111. — 

 CouES, Check-list, 1874, App. p. 137, No. 470^ 



Hah. — South America to Chili. Central America. West Indies. In North America 

 to New Jersey and Kansas, rare. Var. coturniculus, Farallone Islands {Gruher, Mus. 

 Smiths. Inst. ; types of the varietjO- 



The introduction into the present connection of the Black Rail, which 

 appears to be very rare everywhere in North America, rests upon the 

 authority of Mr. Allen, wiio found a specimen in Kansas. Several of 

 the rare eggs of the Little Black Bail are in the Smithsonian from New 

 Jersey. They are altogether difi'erent, again, from those of the Sora, or 

 the Bed-breasted, being creamy-white, sprinkled all over with iiiie dots 

 of rich, bright reddish -brown, and with a few spots of some little size 

 at the great end. They are most like the more finely speckled exam- 

 ples of the eggs of the large Ealli. Dimensions, 1.05 by 0.80. 



Suhfamily FuLiciN^ : Gallinules and Coots. 



The birds of this group will be immediately recognized by the presence of a broad, 

 horny plate (an expansion of the bill), which covers the forehead. In the structure of 

 the feet the Gallinules are much like ordinary Rails, having little or no marginal fringe 

 on the toes ; but the Coots are conspicuously lobe-footed, the toes being furnished with 

 a series of broad, semi-circular flaps. 



GALLINULA GALEATA, (Licht.) Bp. 



Florida Gullinule« 



Crex fjoleata. Light., Verz. Doubl. 1823, 80, No. 826, 



Gallinula (jaleata, Bp., Am. Orn. iv, 1832, 128 ; List, 1838, 53.— Nutt., Man. ii, 1834, 

 221.— Maxim., Beitr. iv, 1833, 807.— Schomb,, Guiana, iii, 760.— Tscii., Fn. Peru, 

 302.— BuRM., Syst. Ueb. iii, 389 ; La Plata Reise, ii, 505,— Gay, Fn. Chilen. 

 437.— GossE, B. Jam. 1847, 381.— Gundl., J. f. O. iv, 1856, 428; Rep. Fis. 362 

 (Cuba).— Salle, P. Z. S. 18.57, 237 (St. Domingo).— Nbwb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 

 1857, 96 (San Francisco),— Bd., B, N. A. 1858, 752.— Heerji., P. R. R. Rep. x, 

 1859, pt. vi, 61 (California). — Newt., Ibis,i, 1859, 260 (Santa Cruz, breeding). — 

 Bky., Pr. Bost. Soc. vii, 1859 (Bahamas). — Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860, No. 

 231 (occasional; north to Lake Erie). — Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 314 (Honduras). — 

 SCL,, P. Z. S. 1861, 81 (Jamaica) ; 1867, 339 (Chili).— ScL. & Salv., P. Z. S. 

 1868, 176 (Islay, Peru) ; ihid. 462 (critical).— Salv., Ibis, 1866, 198 (Guate- 

 mala). — McIlwr., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1866, 93 (Canada West, common). — Lawr,, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 185 (Nicaragua) ; ibid. 295 (New York). — Bry., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xi, 1866, 97 (Porto Rico). — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 87 (Massachu- 

 6etts).— EuLEK, J. f. O. 1867, 419 (Brazil, egg).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 

 297 (Massachusetts).— CoUES, Pr. Bost. Soc, xii, 1868, 124 (South Carolina, 

 resident).— TuRNB,, B. E. Pa. 1869, 34 (New Jersey, rare, May to Oct.).— Allen, 

 Am. Nat. iii, 1870, 639 (Massachusetts, breeding), —Ma yn.. Guide, 1870, 146 

 (Massachusetts, accidental, probably breeds).— Salv., Ibis, 1870. 115 (Costa 

 Rica).- Relnh., Ved, Med, Nat. For. 1870, 40 (Brazil);—Li5oT., Ois. Trinidad, 

 503.— Phil., Cat. 39 (Chili).— Pelz., Orn. Bras, 318 (Brazil).— Allen, Bull. 

 M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 3.57 (Florida, wintering).- Coues, Key, 1872, 275.— Snow, B. 

 Kans. 1873, 11 (Kansas, Baird). — Hatch, Bull, Minnesota Acad, i, 1874, 63 

 (Minnesota). 



Gallinula cliloropus, Bp., Syn. 182^, 336.— AuD,, Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 330, pi. 224 ; Syn. 

 1839, 210; B. Am. v, 1842, 132, pi. 304.— Gn:., B. L. L 1844, 197. 



Gallinula cliloropus, var. galcata, Harxl. vt Finsch. — KiOGW., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 

 387 (Illinois). 



