178 EAILII)^. 



Jamaica, p. 115 (1881) : Ridgtc. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 47 

 (1881); id. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 202 (1881); Coues, 

 Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 110 (1882) : mdte, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 627 ; 

 Sahin, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 428 (Callao) ; Stearns, N. Engl. Bird- 

 Life, ii. p. 291 (1883) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. Birds, 2Dd ed. 

 p.' 675 (1884) ; Nutting, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 409 (1884 : 

 jSTicarapua) ; Coiy, B. S. Domingo, p. 161 (1884) ; Barrows, Auk, 

 i. p. 277 (1884: Lower ITriio:uav); Baird, Breicer, Sf Ridgw. 

 Waier-B. N. Amer. i. p. 388 (1884) ; Dreiv, Auk, ii. p. 18 (1885 : 

 Colorado) ; Loomis, t. c. p. 193 (S. Carolina) ; Scott, Auk, iii. p. 386 

 (1886 : Tucson, Arizona) : Brewster, t. c. p. 102 (Asheville, N. 

 Carolina) ; Goss, t. c. pp. 113, 115 (Kansas; breeding) ; Cory, t. c. 

 p. 502 (Grand Cayman); Tacz. Om. Perou, iii. p. 327 (1886) ; A.O. 

 U. Check-l. p. 144 (1886) ; Cory, Ibis, 1886, p. 474 (Marie Galante); 

 Scl. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 402 (Tarapaca); Satv. Ibis, 1886, p. 177 (Brit. 

 Guiana); Morris, Auk, iv. p. 72 (1887: Springfield, Mass.); 

 Cha^nberl. t. c. p. 253 (Nova Scotia) ; Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 ix. p. 629 (1887 : Grenada) ; Chajjm. Auk, v. p. 270 (1888 : Flo- 

 rida) ; Everm. t. c. p. 348 (Indiana) ; Warren, B. Pennsijlv. p. 30 

 (1888); Scott, Auk, vi. p. 1.55(1889: Florida); Robinson, t. c. 

 p. 194 (Ehode Island); Richards, t. c. p. 273 (Vermont); Cory, 

 List B. West Indies, p. 257 (1889) ; Scl. &,■ Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. 

 p. 156 (1889); Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 378 (Cozumel) ; Feilden, 

 t. c. p. 499 (Barbados) ; Scott, Auk, vii. p. 308 (1890 : Florida) ; 

 Brewster, Auk, viii. p. 1 (1891 : Mass.); Con/, t. c. p. 46 (Anguilla), 

 p. 294 (New Providence) ; Milkr, t. c. p. 118 (Mass.) ; Cory, B. W. 

 Lid. p. 91 (1892). 



Gallinula chloropus (nee L.), Bp. Syn. B. N. A7ner. p. 356 (1828) ; 

 Audub. B. Amer. pi. 224 ; id. Orn. Biogr. iii. p. 330 (1835) ; id. B. 

 Amer. 8vo, v. p. 132, pi. 304 (1842) ; DOrb. in Ramon de la 

 Sagra's H. N. Cuba, Ois. p. 268 (1839) ; Girand, B. Long Isl. 

 p. 197 (1844) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ealli, p. 45 (1865, pt). 



Florida Gallinule, Nutt. Man. Orn. ii. p. 223 (1834). 



GalHnula galatea, Denny, P. Z. S. 1847, p. 40. 



Gallinula cliloropus,Tar. f^slea.t(i,Coues, Key N. Amer. 5. p. 275 (1872). 



Gallinula garmani, Allen, Bull. Mus. C. Z. iii. p. 357 (1876 : Lake 

 Titicaca) ; id. Bull. Amer. Mus. N. H. ii. p. 107 (1889 : Lake 

 Titicaca); Baird, Brew., ^ Ridgw. Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 388 

 (1884). 



Adult male. Similar to G. Moropus, and ■with a very distinct 

 white edging to the first primary, but having the frontal shield 

 truncated at the top : " bill and frontal shield bright scarlet in life, 

 end of the former greenish yellow or bright yellow ; legs and feet 

 yellowish green, the joints ashy blue ; upper part of naked tibiae 

 scarlet ; iris brown " {Baird, Brewer, and Bidgivay). Total length 

 14 inches, culmen with frontal shield 1*S5, wing 7'3, tail 2'8, 

 tarsus 2-15, middle toe and claw 3'3. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 14 inches, culmen with frontal shield l'S5, wing 7"3, tail 3, tarsus 

 2-2, middle toe and claw 3"3. 



As with the Common Moorhen of the Old World, considerable 



difFerence is exhibited in the length of the wing, as will he seen by 



the measurements given below in the list of specimens. The birds 



. from the West-Indian Islands arc blacker than those from other 



