98 BAXGS — AMERICAN GALLINULE Pvol. V " 



Gallinula chloropus cerceris Bangs. 



Type locality. — St. Lucia Island, Lesser Antilles. T3'pe in Museum 

 of Comparative Zoology. 



Range. — St. Lucia, and probably the other islands of the southern group 

 of the Lesser Antilles, — St. Vincent, Grenadines and Grenada. 



Characlers. — Size moderate, about as in G. C. galeata; tarsus longer than 

 iti that form or G. c. cachinnans. 



General color 'blackish plumbeous,' the back, wings and rump suffused 

 with dull 'raw umber.' 



MEASUREMENTS (in millimeters). 



Remarks. — The two specimens upon which I based this sub- 

 species, are all that I have seen. They are remarkable for their 

 long tarsi. The type is very blackish in general coloration, quite 

 as dark as G. c. gannani. The other skin has a smaller frontal 

 shield, and, though probably a breeding bird, has not attained full 

 plumage. It is grayer than the type, but would have been, I 

 fancy, as black, had it ever reached full maturity. The younger 

 adults in the series of G. c. garmani are of about the same color as 

 this individual. These two specimens also have very little white 

 mottling on the belly and very narrow white stripes on the feathers 

 of the flanks. 



I should like to see more material, but I believe the form is a 

 well-marked subspecies. 



Gallinula chloropus garmani Allen. 



Type locality. — Lake Titicaca. Seven cotypes in Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology. 



Range. — Andean region of southwestern South America, southern Peru, 

 western Bolivia and Chile. 



