45. GALLIN-UL.V. 107 



{Tarter above the heel " (./. Wolf ex spec. viv.). Total lenfrth 

 10 inches, culmon with frontal shield Ido, wing 5*3, tail 2'2, 

 tarsus 3-2, middle toe and claw '2-7. 

 Hah. Island of Tristan d'Acuuha. 



a. Ad. sk. Tristan d'Acunha. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



(T^'pe of species.) 



b. Ad. s>k. Tiistan d'Acunha. Zoolofrical Society. 



C-. Bones of trunk. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Porphyriornis comeri. 



Porpiivriornis comeri, Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. iv. art. vi. 

 p. 57 (1892: Gougli Isl.). 



Adult. Similar to P. nes'wtis, but having scarcely any white on the 

 outer edge of the first primary, and narrower and smaller streaks of 

 white on the flanks. " Tip of bill bright yellow, scarlet between 

 the eyes; legs and feet yellow, with reddish spots" {G. Comer). 

 Total length 11 inches, culmen and frontal shield 1*6, wing 5-6, 

 tail 2'2, tarsus 1-95, middle toe and claw 2'G. 



Hah. Gough Island. 



a. Ad. sk. [Gougli Island.] Shelley Coll. 



45. GALLINDLA*. „ 



Type. 

 Fulica, pt., auct. antiq. 



Gallinula, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 3 (1700) G. chloropus. 



Plydrogallina, Lacep. Mem. de rinst. iii. p. 518 (1800- 



1801) G. chloropus. 



Staguicola, Brehm, Viig. Deut^pJil. p. 702 (18.31) G. chloropus. 



Range. Over the greater portion of the Old and New Worlds. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. No broad white streaks on the sides of the body. 

 a'. Under surface of body lifriit grey; light 



colour of toes above yellow tenebrosa, p. 168. 



b'. Dark slaty grey below ; light colour of toes 



above red, like the tarsi frontata, p. 168. 



* I have not been able to determine the following species : — 



G.\L[,INULA LEPIDA. 



Gallinula lepida, Br'wjg. Abhandl. naf. Ver. Bremen, r. p. 91 (1877 : 

 patr. igu.). 



The following are extinct Gr-allinulos : — 



Gallisl'la .stresuipes. 

 Gallinula strenuipes, Dc VU, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. iii. pp. 1283-1280, 

 pis. .^4, ;].'). 

 From Queensland. 



Gallinula peralata. 

 Gallinula peralata, De Vig, op. cit. (2) vi. p. 440, ))1. sxiv. figs. 3 a, 3 4 

 (I8!t2). 

 From Queensland. 



