.")(!. PDlllMlVlUi). 107 



v(in<;s, tlie breast niul sides of the bodj- asliy with .-vn olive tinge; 

 liead, neck, and tlii^'lis dull ashy purple. 



Ilnh. Tlie j2;reater jiart of Africa and Madagascar, ranging north 

 to Egypt, and occasionally occurring in the countries of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



ft. It. \A. >k. Egypt. Sir J. Bowring [P.]. 



c. J ail. ; (/, c. Eavooni, Egv]>t, Mai'cli Shelley Coll. 



$ ad. sk. \(}. E. SX' 



f. S ad. .<]v. Daniirtta (Filipponi). Shelley Coll. 



(/. $ ad. .sk. Zulu- Land, .June (frordf/f). Shelley ('(jll. 



h, i. cJ ad. ; k, I. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Guruey Coll. 



2 et juv. sk. May, July, Aug., Oct. ( /'. 

 Ai/ri-s). 



m, n. 2 ad. sk. Natal ( T. Ay res). Tweeddale Coll. 



o. Ad. St. Cape of fiood Hope. J. Gould, Esq. 



/). S ad. sk. Madagascar (_ Waters). Shelley Coll. 



q. Ad. sk. Madagascar. J. Plant [C.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Taniatave, Madagascar. J. G. Haggard, Esq. 



[P.]. 



'^. Porpliyrio poliocephalus. 



Porphyrio veterum, .S". G. Gm. Jit-i.<:. IihusI. iii. p. 79, note, tab. 12 

 (1774: Persia and Casiiian Sea*. 



Gallinula poliocephala, Lat/t. Ind. Or)i. SupjyL p. l.wiii (1802). 



(irey-headed Gallinule, Lath. Gen. Hyn. ISuppl. ii. p. 37o (1802j. 



Eulica porphyrio, Pall Zoor/r. lirL^xo-Asiat. ii. p. lot! (1811). 



I'orphvrio polioeephaUis, Vieil/. X. Diet. d'Hht. Nat. .xxviii. p. 89 

 (lei'.l); L'/i/t/i. Cat. B. Mhs. a.". Soc. p. 28:? (1849: Calcutta); 

 Lai/ard, A?i>i.^- Mag. Nat. Hint. xiv. p. 268(1854); Irhy, Ihi.-i, 

 ISiil, p. 246 (Oudh); Jerd. B. Ind. iii. p. 713 (1864); Blyth, 

 Ibis, 1867, p. 71 ; Beavan, Ibis, 18(>8, p. 39o ( liarrackpore) ; God- 

 icin-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxi.x. p. 274 (1870: Ivhasia Hills); 

 Blanf. op. cif. xl. p. 276 (1871 : Wardha Valley) : Hukhir. P. Z. S. 

 1872', p. 47o (Colombo); Ha^ies Ll«i,d, I/ii.s, 1873, p. 418 (Kathia- 

 war); Ball, Str. I', ii. p. 432 (18i'4: Chota Nagpui-) ; Blyth ^ 

 Wald. B. Burm. p. 161 (187o: Aracan) ; Butler, Str. F. iv." p. 20 

 (1876: N. Guzerat); Hiatte, t. c. -p. 20, note (Sind, etc.); Oateg, 

 *Y/-. F. V. p. 16.5 (1877 : Pegu) ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. vi. 

 p. 4()4 (1878: Tenasserim) ; Elliot, Str. F. vii. p. 22 (1878); 

 Cri/)ps, t.e. p. ."{Go (Earid]iur: breeding); Hume. Str. F\ viii. 

 p. 113 (1879); Le(/r/e, B. Ceylon, p. 795 (1879); Butler, Cat. B. 

 Sind <<r. p. 66 (1879); id. Cat. B. S. Bomb. Pres. p. 79 (1880: 

 S. Konkan); Bingham, Str. F\ ix. p. 197(1880: Tlioungyeen); 

 Hume, t.c. p. 2o9 (Cachar): Barnes, Str. F. ix. p. 459(1881: 

 Chanian) ; Parker, t. c. p. 483 (Cevlou: breeding) ; Beid, Str. F. 

 x.p. 72 (1881 : Lucknow) ; Simsoii, Ibis, 18f^2, p^ 94 (E. Bengal) ; 

 Swinh. t. c. p. 122 (Candahar) ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 322 (1882: 

 Khamleisb); Gates, Handh. B. Brit. Burm. ii. p. 351 (1883); 

 Parker, Ihis, 1883, p. 194; Seeh. Ibis, 1884, p. 429 (Lenkoran) ; 

 Murrai), Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 260 (1884) ; C. Sicinh. S,- Barnes, 

 Ibix, I'xSn, p. 135 (Mhow: breeding); Parker, Ibis, 1886, p. 187; 

 McGregor, Str. F.s.. p. Ai\ (18.><7: Mahratta Country) : Hume, Str. 

 F.x\. p. 32(i ( 1 888 : Manipur) ; St. John, Ibis, 1 88! •. p. 1 77 (Quetta) ; 

 Gates, ed. Hume's Nests ^- Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 384 (_1890). 



