194 



d". Thighs purplish or purplish browu, like 



the flanks. 



c'". With a throat-patch of brighter blue, 



which extends on to the fore neck 



and chest. 



C*. Back generally black. , , „ nnr, 



5 T * ' .J o o - • 1 bellus, p. 202. 



a\ Larger: tarsus •3-b-.3w inches.. { , .,' '^ ■ ono 

 ° I cnat/iamensis, p. 202. 



b'. Smaller : tarsus 3 inches smaragdinus, p. 203. 



d*. Back generally brown sainuensis, p. 204. 



d'". "With no distinct patch of blue on 



the throat, the whole of the under , , , on- 



j. 1 -J. me/ationotiis, p. 20o, 



surlace being uniiorm - , • ' Vinf 



T\7- „ 4-11 J. J.- ■^^ \ peieicensis, p. 20b. 



. VVmg-coyerts blue-grey, contrasting vnih '■' ' ^ 



the brown back jmlvendentKs, p. 207. 



1. Porphyrio cseruleus. 



The Purple Bird, A/bin, Kat. Hhf. B. iii. p. 79, pi. 84 (1747). 



The Pui-pleWater-Hen, Edicards, Kat. Hi.'<t. B. ii. p. 87, pi. 87( 1747). 



La Poule Sultane, ou Le PorphTOon, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. yiii. 

 p. 194(1781). 



Purple Gallinule, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. i. p. 254 (1785). 



Fulica Cferulea, J'andelli, Flor. et Faun. Lusit. Spec, in Mem. Acad. 

 Seal Lisb. i. p. 37 (1797). 



pLilica porphyrio (e.vcl. syn.), Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 699 (1788). 



Porphyrio liyacinthus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. p. 698 (1820) ; Weimei; 

 Atlas, Gralle.% pi. 6 (1827); Gould, B. Eur. \\. pi. 340 (1837)_; 

 Schl. Rev. Crit. p. cii (1844) ; Costa, Faun. Begno Napoli, pt. i. 

 p. 69, pt. ii. p. 35, tay. xiii. (1857) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 357 

 (Eastern .Itlas) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 80 (Tuggurt), p. 159 (Lake 

 Halloula) ; Homeyer, J.f. O. 1862, p. 430 (Balearic Isles) ; Bree, 

 B. Fur. iv. pL to p. 77 (1863) ; Brake, Ibis, 1867, p. 428 (Marocco) ; 

 Wright, Ibis, 1869, pp. 253, 254 (Malta) : Saunders. Ibis, 1871, 

 p. 225 (S. Spain) ; B. Gray, B. W. Scot I. -p. 337 (1871) ; Irby, B. 

 Gibr.ji. 146 (1875: Tangier, S. Spain); Koenig, J. f. 0. 1888, 

 p. 275 (Tunis). 



Poi-phyrio hyaciuthus, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. pt. i. p. 256 (1824). 



Porphyrio chloiynothus, Roux, Orn. Prov. pi. 333 {1825, nee Vieill.). 



Porphyrio antiquorum, Bonap. Faun. Ital., TJcc. tay. 44 (1832-41); 

 id. Comp. List B. Eur ^- N. Amer. p. 54 (1838) ; Salrad. Faun. 

 Ital, Ucc. p. 234 (1871) ; Romita, Agg. Orn. Pugliesi, p. 13 (1890 : 

 Lake Lesina). 



Porphyrio yetevum {nee S. G. Gmelin), Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 598 

 (1845) ; ReicJiejib. Handb., Fulicarice, tab. cyiii. fiss. 1092-93 

 (1852) ; Jauh. et Barth.-Laponwi. Rich. Orn. p. 492 (1859: Basse 

 Camargue) ; Loche, Eipl. Sci. Alger., Ois. ii. p. 345 (1867) ; Smith, 

 Ibis, 1868, p. 455 (Portuoal) ; Fritsch, Vot/. Eur. tab. xliii. fig. 7 

 (1870) ; Saunders, Ibis. 1871, p. 225 (S. Spain); Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 iii. p. 64, n. 10476 (1871) : Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 336 (Sardinia) ; 

 Dresser, B. Eur. yii. p. 299, pi. 500 (1876) ; Elliot, Str. F. yii. 

 p. 14 (1878). _ 



Poq^hyrio cajsius {e.r Barrere), Schl. Mtts. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 52 

 (1865) ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. ii. p. 265 (1867) ; Doderlein, 

 Avif. Sicil. p. 202 (1869): Hancock, Nat. Hist. Trans. Northumh. 

 and Durham, yi. p. 126 (1874). 



Porphyrio cseruleus, Scl. Ibis, 1870, p. 186 (Bagdad, Hedjaz) : id. 



