192 EALLID^. 



P. Z. S. 1887, p. 592 (Amazon E.), 1868, p. 460 ; Pek. Orn. Bras. 



pp. 318, 459 (1871) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. m. p. 65, n. 10490 (1871) ; 



Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Nentr. p. 140 (1873); Graham Kerr, 



Ibis, 1892, p. 149 (Pilcomayo). 

 Glaucestes flavirostris, Reichenb. Si/st. Nat. p. xxi (1852). 

 Poi-phyrula martinica, pt., ^^j. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 

 Gallinula parva, Schl. Mus. Fays-Bas, Ealli, p. 39 (1865 : Surinam ; 



Cayenne), 

 lonornis parva, Baird, Brewer, 8f Ridgiv. Water-B. N. Anier. i. 



p. 384 (1884). 



Adult female. General colour above bright reddish brown, washed 

 with olive ; lower back and rump uniform dark bro^v^l ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail also dark brown, but with whitish edges to the tips 

 of the feathers ; wing-coverts light greenish blue ; quills dusky, 

 externally greyish blue, the inner series of coverts and the inner 

 secondaries being coloured exactly like the back ; centre of crown 

 and hind neck reddish brown like the back ; lores, eyebrows, sides 

 of face, and entire sides of neck blue-grey, spreading on to the 

 sides of the upper breast ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body 

 white, including the under wing-coverts and axillaries ; quills 

 greyish brown below : " iris reddish brown ; bill and shield light 

 green ; legs and toes yellow-ochre ; claws orange-brown " (If. 

 Whitehj, AISS.). Total length 9-5 inches, culmcn with frontal 

 shield 1-2, wing 5, tail 2"7, tarsus 1"S, middle toe and claw 2"6. 



Hah. Guiana and Amazonia to the interior of Brazil. 



a. Ad. St. River Amazon. J. Gould, Esq. 



b. Juv.sk. Hixev Amazon {A. R.Wallace). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 c 9ad.sk. A;mai, British Guiana, June 10 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(if. Whitely). 



50. PORPHYRIO*. 



Type. 



Porphyrio, Briss. Orn. v. p. 522 (1760) P. porphyrio. 



Caesarornis, Reichenb. Natiirl. i>yst. p. xxi (1852). P. poliocephalus. 



[Cf. Salvadori, Atti R. Accad. Sci. Torino, xiv. pp. 1165-1170; 

 Blliot, Str. F. vii. pp. 6-25 (1878).] 



Range. The whole of Africa and Madagascar, the Mediterranean 

 countries, eastwards to India, and through the Burmese countries 

 to Southern China; thence through the Malayan Archipelago to 

 Australia and New Zealand and the South Sea Islands. 



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



1. Porphyrio palliatus. 



Porphyrio indicus, var. palliatus, Briiggem. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 



V. p. 89 (187C)). 

 Porjihyrio calvus, var. palliatus, Blasius, Zeitschr. iii. pp. 154, 179 (1886). 



Hab. Unknown. 



