•")!•. I'liHI'llYKhi. 193 



KiiJ til ill,' SjH'cirH. 



II. liincr secoiidai'it'S ilccii ]iiir])le, lilu^ llio rest 



of the l)ack niid wiiiirs; tail-featliers 



bliickis)], slijilitly washed with purple .... cf/'nilfus, p. I'.M. 



b. luuer secondarie.s green or bluish green ; 



tail-featliurs jjreeu, or black washed with 



green. 



It'. Mantle and upper back olive-gi-een like the 



inner secondaries ; rest of wing puii)lish 



bhu' lilve the under surface por/>/ii/n'o, p. lit-"). 



b'. ^Mantle and upper back purplish blue ; 

 wing.s brighter and more greenish blue, 

 but contrasting with the brea-^t, which 

 is purplish blue like the back. 



a". Sides of body purplish blue j^oUocephalus, p. U>7. 



b". Sides of body lighter blue bemmeUni, p. 200. 



r. Inner .secondaries black or brown, sometimes 

 olive-brown, like the rest of the back. 

 e . Wing-coverts black or brown like the 

 back, with blue round the bend of the 

 wing, 

 c". Thighs indigo or de'^p blue, contrasting 

 with the purple under surface ; frontal 

 shield very much swollen, and in- 

 clined to be ridged on the sides. 

 a'". Without any distinct gloss of olive- 

 greenish on tlie back and scapulars, 

 which are often tinged or washed 

 with blue ; outer greater coverts 

 for the most part blue, or washed 

 with bhie. 

 «'. Head and sides of face slightly 



glos.sed with puqjle calvus, p. 200. 



A'. Head and sides of face and tliroat 



mostly hoary grey edioardsi, p. 201. 



//". Witli a distinct wa^h of olive-green 

 on the back and .scapulars, the outer 

 greater coverts witli scarcely any 

 blue on them cllioti, p. 202. 



The following bird was also probably a Porphijrto : — 



PORPHYUIO C.F.UUI.ESCENS. 



Oiseau bleu, D. B. (Anon.) 16(5',); (/. StricM. 4- yfelvi/k. Dodo, etc.. p. .'>".». 

 .Vptorornis cffirulesoens, Si/i/s-Lo)i(fchamps, Hev. Zool. 1848, p. 294. 

 Cvanornis erythrorhynclnis, lip. Coiisp. ii. p. li (1854). 

 Porpliyrio (Xotornis y) eierulescens, Sc-h/. Ibh, 186(5, pp. 146-168 ; (</. Ann. 

 6V(. .V((/. (5) vi. pp. 25-4!) (1866). 



Formerly living in Reunion. 



The foUowin',' is an extinct species from Queensland: — 



PoitlMlVIJIO MACKISTOSni. 



Porphyrio maokiutoslii, Dc J'is, Proc. Linn. .Soc. X.S. U'liUs (2) vi. p. 440. 

 1)1. xxiv. lig. 2rt (1^92). 

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