188 RALLIED. 



Galliuula mutabilis, Simdev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. 1850, p. 132. 

 Poi-pliviio madagascariensis {nee auct.), Meichenb. Ilandb., Fuli- 



cavm, tab. cviii. figs. 1094, 1095 (1852). 

 Gallinula poi'plivrio {nee Lath.), Temm. MSS. in Mns. Liiyd. ; 



Hartl. J.f. O.^lSoS, pp. 357, 361. 

 Cgesaromis alleui, i?/j. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 

 Hydrornia porphvrio, Bp. t. c. p. 599 (1856) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 243 (1857) { Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 488 (Faiitee). 

 Porpliyrio Yariegatus, Guirao, Cat. Met. Aves Prov. Mureia in Meal 



Acad. Sci. Madrid, iv. p. 554, pi. ii. (1856, teste Howard Saunders) ; 



Bayos \j Prosper, Ann. Sci. Esp. xv. p. 109 (1886). 

 Porphyrio (Csesarornis) alleni), Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 243 (1857 : 



Elmina). 

 Gallinula alleni, ScM. Mus. Pays-Pas, Ralli, p. 38 (1865). 

 Porphyriola chloronotus, Sutidev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 131 (1872). 

 Porphyrula chloronotus, Hume, Sir. F. vii. p. 456 (1878). 

 Hydrornia alleni, Salvad. Orn. Ital., Ucc. p. 233 (1871) ; Oustal. N. 



Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. p. 116 (1879 : Doume) ; Gigl. Ibis, 1881, 



p. 211 ; id. Avif. Ital. p. 353 (1886) ; id. ibid. 1st Resoc. p. 550 



(1889). 

 lonocicca alleui, Salvad. Flench. Ucc. Ital. p. 236 (1887). 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-green, more dusky on the 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; marginal coverts of the wing 

 blue, the median and greater series green like the back ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts blue ; quills dusky, externally bluish 

 green ; the inner secondaries olive-broAvn ; tail bronzy olive ; head 

 all round blackish with a purjjlish gloss ; the hind neck and sides of 

 neck rather brighter blue ; entire under surface of body greyish 

 purple, blacker on the vent and thighs; under tail-coverts white; 

 axillaries black : under wing-coverts blackish, those near the edge 

 of the A\dng brighter blue : " bill dark red ; frontal shield dusky ; 

 tarsi and feet crimson : iris reddish brown " ( T. Ayres). Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen with frontal shield l'8o,Anng 6'1, tail 2"0, 

 tarsus 2-1, middle toe and claw 2"8. 



YouHCj. Different from the adult. General colour above ochreous 

 brown, with blackish centres to the feathers ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts blackish, the feathers margined with dark 

 oehreous ; wing-coverts dark olive-greenish, with ochreous margins, 

 the marginal coverts more blue ; quills dusky, externally olive-green ; 

 the first primary whity brown along the outer web ; the inner 

 secondaries dark brown, with ochreous margins ; crown of head 

 reddish brown ; sides of face and under surface of body deep 

 ochreous buff, increasing in depth of tint on the flanks and under 

 tail-coverts ; the throat and centre of breast and abdomen paler ; 

 under wing-coverts dusky brown, edged with white ; axillaries 

 blackish, tipped with ochreous ; quills sepia-brown below. 



Hab. Africa generally, with Madagascar and Eodriguez ; accidental 

 in Southern Europe and the Canary Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Senegambia. Purchased. 



b. Ad. sk. Fantee [Gov. Ussher). Shelley Coll. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Egga, River Niger. Capt. Mochler Ferryman [P.]. 

 e. Ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. Monteiro Cull. 



