190 EALUB^. 



(1880) ; .4&W, Bull. Kutt. Orn. Club, v. p. 169 (1880) \ A. 8f E. 



Newton, Handh. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 177 



(Guiana) ; id. Ibis, 1889, p. 378 (Cozumel, Ruatan) ; Bed. J.f. O. 



1889, p. 321 (Upper Amazons) ; Gurney, Zool. (3) xiv. p. 74 (1890 : 



Hampshire). 

 Gallinula martinicensis, Neuwied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. p. 812 



(1833 : R. Itahype). 

 lonornis martinicus, Beichenb. Syst. Av. p. xxi (1852) ; Merrill, Prnc. 



U.S. Nat. Mm. i. p. 165 (1878 : S. Texas) ; Eidgio. op. cit. iii. 



pp. 11, 202, 231 (1880) ; id. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21 p. 47 



(1881); Coues, Chech-l. N. Amer. B. p. 112 (1882); Stearns, 



Netu England B.-Life, ii. p. 292 (1883) ; Baird, Brewer, ^ Ridgw. 



Water-B. N Amer. i. p. 384 (1884) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 



2ncl ed. p. 076 (1884) ; Cory, B. Haiti, p. 162 (1884) ; A. O. U. 



Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 143 (1886) ; Wells, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 



ix. p. 629 (1886 : Grenada) ; Beckli. op. cit. x. pp. 367, 651 (1887 : 



Texas) ; Wayne, Auk, v. p. 109 (1888 : South Carolina) ; Chapm. 



t.c. p. 270 (Florida); Scott, Auk, tI. p. 155 (1889: Florida); 



Cory, B. West Ind. p. 258 (ISm) \ ShufehU, Ibis, 1890, p. 129. 

 Porphyrula martinica, i?p. C. E. xliii. p. 599 (1856); Gundl. Orn. 



Cuba, p. 300 (1876). 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, stronglj- washed with 

 green, especially on the scapulars and upper back ; wing-coverts 

 blue, washed with green, the marginal series brighter blue ; bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts blue ; quills dusky, externally dull green ; 

 the inner secondaries olive-brown ; tail-feathers dark olive-brown ; 

 crown of head blackish, with a purplish wash, which extends over 

 the sides of the face ; hind neck bright blue, with a wash of bright 

 green ; entire under surface of body dull purplish blue, the under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries lighter blue ; greater lower coverts with 

 hoary-white margins ; under tail-coverts pure white : " bill red, 

 green at the point ; toes yellow ; frontal shield sky-blue " {Neu- 

 tvied). Total length 10 inches, culmen with frontal shield 1-7, 

 wing 6-5, tail 2-3, tarsus 2-3, middle toe with claw 3. 



Yo^mq. Entirely olive-brown above, with scarcely any wash of 

 green ; the rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail brown ; wing-coverts 

 pale greenish blue, washed with olive and tipped mth a margin of 

 ochreous ; crown of head brown : sides of face and under surface of 

 body light fulvous brown, deepening on the tlanks ; throat, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 light bluish, edged with white : " toes not so pure yellow as in the 

 adult, more greenish yellow ; bill orange-coloured at the base, greenish 

 colour for the remainder " {Neuwied). 



Hah. Brazil and Amazonia, Guiana and Colombia, throughout 

 Central America and the West India islands, north to Florida, Texas, 

 and occurring occasionally as far as the Kew England States. Once 

 in England. 



a b (5 9 ad. sk. South Carolina, June 10 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



' ' {Heyish. Coll.). 



c. cJ ad. sk. Ocklawaha River, Florida, Salvin-Godiiian Coll. 



April (C. H. Merriam: 



Bensh. Coll.). 



