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41. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans Bangs. ^ Florida Gallinule. 



Gallinula galeata (not of Lichtenstein) Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 91 (I. of 

 Pines, in geog. distr.). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 192 (Santa 

 Rosalia Lagoon). 



"Florida Gallinule" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of 

 Pines). 



Mr. Zappey found a few Florida Gallinules in Santa Rosalia Lagoon 

 in March, 1902, but saw none on his later trip. In Cuba, according 

 to Gundlach, it is a regular breeder, so that it is entirely probable that 

 in due time it will be found breeding in the Isle of Pines likewise. 

 It seems, however, to be a rare bird there at any season. Mr. Read 

 says that he saw a pair in the Santa Barbara tract in September, and 

 while Mr. Link did not actually meet with a living bird, he found the 

 remains of an individual at Los Indios in October, doubtless one 

 which had been killed by a hawk. 



42. lonornis martinica (Linn?eus). Purple Gallinule. 



lonornis martinica Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 91 (I. of Pines, in geog. 

 distr.). — B.A.NGS&ZAPPEY, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 192 (Pasadita; meas.; crit.). 



Four specimens: Pasadita. 



This is a fairly common species in the Cienaga at Pasadita, where 

 specimens were collected by both Mr. Zappey and Mr. Link. Its 

 local range, however, seems to be quite restricted, since it has not 

 been detected at other points in the island, not even at the western 

 end of the Cienaga, which Mr. Link explored carefully. 



Messrs. Bangs and Zappey call attention to the large size of the 

 birds collected by the latter as compared with specimens from the 

 southern United States. With only a few specimens from South 

 Carolina and Florida before me, however, it appears that several of 

 these are quite as large as the Isle of Pines birds, the males of which 

 fall below the measurements given by the authors in question. Fe- 

 males are somewhat smaller than males. 



43. Fulica americana Gmelin. Coot. 



Fulica americana Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 91 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 

 — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 249 (I. of Pines). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., 

 XXXIX, 1905, 193 (I. of Pines, ex Cory and Gundlach). 



Gundlach appears to have been the only observer to record this 

 species from the Isle of Pines, and his is merely a casual reference. He 



' Mr. Bangs (Proceedings New England Zoological Club, V, 1915, 96) appears to 

 have made out a good case for the subspecific status of the North American form. 



