Birds of St. Thouuis' Island. 117 



58. Gallinula angulata. 



Gallinula angulata Sund. ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

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

 p. 88. 



Recorded by Soiisa from St. Thomas. Eocage seemed 

 to doubt whether G. angulata had occurred on St. Thomas. 

 Count Salvador! has examined the specimen sent to the 

 Lisbon Museum, and has satisfied, himself that the example 

 was undoubtedly G. angulata. G. angulata should never 

 be confused with G. chloropus, as, apart from its much 

 smaller size, it has the base of the lower mandible yellow 

 instead of red as in G. chloropus and its subspecies. 



59. ■^Porphyrio alleni. 

 Porphyrio alleni Tliomps. 



a. ? juv. (No. 63). Near Sao Thomd. l.ii.09. 



Allen's Gallinule is here recorded from St. Thomas for 

 the first time. According to Count Salvador! it has not 

 hitherto been procured on any of the islands in the Gulf of 

 Guinea. 



60. ■^Vinago sancti-thomae. 



Vinago sancti-thom(S (Grael.) ; Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, ii. 190o, p. 35 ; Reichenow, Vogel Afrikas, i. 1901, 

 p. 394. 



Treron crassirostris Fraser; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 

 1905, p. 83. 



a, b. "} 2 ad. (Nos. 29, 30). Lake Amelia. 25.i.09. 



This fine Fruit-Pigeon is restricted to the island after 

 which it has been named and to the adjacent Rolas Islet. 



In the 'Catalogue of Birds,-* xxi. p. 17, Count Salvador! 

 included the St. Thomas Fruit-Pigeon under the name 

 Vinago crassirostris (Bonap.). His reasons for now up- 

 holding Gmeliu's name are set forth in his paper. 



Alexander writes : — '' It frequents the tall forest-trees. 

 Its movements are always disclosed in the forest by its 

 noisy wing-beats. The note, which is a crooning rattle, 

 is a double one." 



