T)'!. I'OKI'HYIUO. 2l»;l 



Adult. Similar to P. /hHks, but M-ith the throat entirely black 

 like the sides of face and cro'wn ; fore neck and chest ^\ith a shade 

 of deep bine, contrasting -with the purple of the underparts ; the 

 lesser wiiig-coverts also brighter blue than the breast : thighs 

 entirely black, like the lower abdomen. Total length 17 inches, 

 cnlnien and frontal shield 2*6, wing 10*3, tail 4-3, tarsus 3-7, 

 middle toe and claw 'S'ti. 



Hah. Chatham Islands. 



a. Ad. sk. Chatham Islands. Colonial ^luseum, Wellington [P.]. 



(^Type of species.) 



10. Porphyrio smaragdinus. 



I'orphyrio smaragdiiiiis, Tcnim. I'l. Col. v. pi. 421 (1826: Band a ; 



.lava): lific/it^nh. Haiidh., Fidiciirice, tab. cix. tig. 1102 (1852j ; 



Ftnuch, Aeu-fi'in'iicii, \>. 181 (18Uo). 

 Porphvrio pulverulentus {iiec T.), Grcnj^ List GruUce Brit. Mtcs. p. 121 



(isil, pt.). 

 ror])hvrio vitiensis, Tealc, U.S. Expl. E.vp., Birds, p. 221, pi. 62. fig. 2 



(1848); Harfl. Arc/i.f. Natiirg. 1852, p. 118: Cass.U.S. Kvpl. Kip., 



Birds, p. .'iOD (]8.")8): Grai/', B. Trop. M. Pocifc Orean, \). 53 



(18."i9); Finnh lV Hurt I. Faun. Vcntraljwhjn. p. 172, Taf. :di. tig. 3 



(1807): Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 65, no. 10484 (1871): Fittsch, 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 26 ; F. L. Lat/ard, Ibis, 1876, p. 393 (Fiji) ; id. 



Ibis, 1880, p. 232 (Loyalty Isl.j, p. 292 (Vate Isl.) ; H. L. V L. C. 



Lai/ard, I/ii.'f, 1882, p. 5.36 (New Caledonia), p. 544 (New 



ll.'brides) : Bidi/ir. Prvc. U.S. Xat. Mus. iv. p. 331 (1882). 

 l\ir])hyrio melanopterus, Hp. C. 2i. xliii. p. 590 (1856, e.f Temni. 



MS'S.) ; Gray, Hnnd-l. B. iii. p. 65, no. 10483 ( 1871 ) : Stilvad. Ann. 



.Mus. Genov. viii. p. 384 (1876 : Bomni), ix. p. 48 (1876 : Bioto) ; 



Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Jl'. i. p. 395 (1877 : Port Moresby) ; 



S/iarpc, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zoo/, xiii. pp. 320, 505 (Port Moresby) ; 



Banisay, Proc. LJnii. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 297 (1879 : Labike River) ; 



Sharpc, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 688 (1879) ; Salrad. Atti li. 



Accad. Torino, xiv. p. 1166 (1879); id. Ann. Mu.<. Genov. xviii. 



p. 322 (1882) ; //. (). Forbes, P. Z. S. 1884, ]>. 426 (Timor Laut) ; 



id. Nat. Wand. Malai/. Arch. p. 394 (1885 : Hourou) ; Grant, 



P. Z. S. 1887, ]). 3;!3 (Faur.)). 

 Poq)hyrio nielanotus (nee T.), Junjic/i, Neu-Guinea, p. 181 (1865); 



h' Albert. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 30 (Hall Bay). 

 Porphyrio melanonotiis, 1)' Albert, (nee Temrn.) Ayni. Mus. Genov. 



vii. p. 799 (1875); Salvad. Atti Li. Accad. Torino, xi\. pp. 1I6(), 



1169 (1879). 

 Porjihyrio aneiteumensis, Trisfr. Ibis, 1876, p. 265 (Aneiteum). 

 Poq)hyrio sanioensis (nee Peale), Fin.fch, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 726 



(Toiigatabu) ; id. t. c. p. 775 (Eua, Fiiendlv Islands); id. J'oy. 



JL.M.S. ' Challenyer; ii. p. 39 (1881); Ifiylesw. Abhundl. k. Zool. 



Mus. Dresden, no. 6, p. 62 (1892, pt.). 

 Por])hvvio indicus (nee Ilor.^f.), Lenz, J. f. 0. 1877, p. 379 (Cernni); 



Bo-H-nb. .Malay. Arch. 1879, p. 324 (Ceram), p. 373 (Aru Islands). 

 Por])hyrio bellus [nee Gould), E. L. Layard, Ibis, 1878, p. 263 (New 



Cak-donia). 

 Porphvrio samoonsis aneiteumensis, Jl'iylestc. Abhandl. k. Zool. Mas. 



Dresden, no. 6, p. 62 (1892). 



Adult. Similar to P. calvuf, but with greyish-purple thighs like 



