116 Mr. D. A. Bauuerrnau on the 



55. Rallus cserulescens.^ 



Rallus carulescens Gmel. ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea^ ii. 1903, p. 40 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 87. 



Bocage and Sousa both record this Rail from St. Thomas. 



56. Crecopsis egregia. 



Crecopsis egreyia (Peters) ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, !!. 1903, p. 40. 



Ortyyometra egregia Bocage, Jorn. Sc!. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 88. 



Discovered on St. Thomas by Francisco Newton. His 

 specimens are apparently all in the Lisbon Museum. 



57. *Galliiiula chloropus meridionalis. 



Stagnicola meridionalis Brehm, Vogelf. 1855, p. 331. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linn.) ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 1903, p. 40 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1905, 

 p. 88. 



a. ? ad. (No. 66). Near Sao Thome. 2.ii.09. 



b. ? ad. (No. 1^0). Zalma. 5.ii.09. 



Count Salvador! thought it very doubtful whether any 

 form of G. chloropus had really been obtained in St. Thomas. 

 The bird in the Lisbon Museum, which Hartlaub and Bocage 

 referred to G. chloropus, is pronounced by Salvador! to be 

 Gallinula angulata Sund. The typical form, Gallinula chlo- 

 ropus, does not range further south in Africa than Egypt. 

 Mr. Claude Grant has gone into the question of the allied 

 races of the Moorhen*, and reference should be made to 

 his paper for further information. He has come to the 

 conclusion that the Moorhen inhabiting the west coast 

 of Africa and the islands in the Gulf of Guinea is un- 

 questionably Gallinula c. meridionalis (Brehm), with Avhich 

 opinion I concur. 



This Moorhen is found inhabiting the islands of St. 

 Thomas and Annobon, but up to the present time has not 

 been recorded from Fernando Po or Prince's Island. 



* See p. 47 of this number. 



