so U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Gallinula chloropus porloricensis Danforth 

 Auk 42 (4) : 560, October 6, 1925. 



=Gallinula chloropus cerceris Bangs. See Friedmann, Birds of North 

 and Middle America 9: 190, 192, 1941. 



313945. Adult male. Cartagena Lagoon (lat. 18°0r N., long. 67°06' 

 W.), Puerto Rico. January 14, 1924. Collected by Stuart T. Dan- 

 forth. Original number 17. Received from Cornell University 

 Museum, where it was No. 2288. 



Genus PORPHYRIO Brisson 



Porphyrio vitiensis Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 221, "pi. lxii, fig. 2," 

 1848. 

 =Porphyrio porphyrio vitiensis Peale. See Mayr, Birds of the South- 

 west Pacific, p. 129, 1945. 

 15406. Immature (sex not indicated). Ovalau Island (lat. 17°40' S., 

 long. 178°52' E.), Fiji Islands, Oceania. 1840. Original number 

 611. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



15488. Immature (sex not indicated) . Same data as No. 15406. 

 Peale stated that but two specimens of this form were obtained by the 



Expedition. 



Porphyrio samoensis Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Mamm. and Orn.) : 220, "pi. LXn, fig. 1," 

 1848. 

 =Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis Peale. See Mayr, Birds of the South- 

 west Pacific, p. Ill, 1945. 

 15404. Adult (sex not indicated). Upolu Island (lat. 13°46' S., long. 

 171 °20' W.), Samoan Islands, Oceania. Original number 610. U.S. 

 Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 15409. Adult (sex not indicated) . Same data as No. 15404. 

 15413. Adult female. Same data as No. 15404. 



While Cassin's MS. list indicates that he saw but four specimens, there are 

 in fact entries for five in the museum register. No. 15485 was sent in 1870 

 to the Chicago Academy of Sciences; No. 15487 was sent long ago to the 

 Boston Society of Natural History and is now No. 74364 of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. 



Genus FULICA Linnaeus 



Fulica alai Peale 



U.S. Exploring Expedition 8 (Manmi. and Orn.) : 224, "pi. LXiii, fig. 

 2," 1848. 

 =Fulica americana alai Peale. See Peters, Checklist of birds of the 

 world 2: 212, 1934. 



15489. Adult (sex not indicated). Hawaiian Islands, Oceania. Original 

 number 612. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 



