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Poule Sultane, Descouktilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 199-201 (Riviere 

 Limbe). 



?Rale Bidi-bidi, Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 245-246 (identity 

 not certain). 



fRallus jamaioensis, Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, p. 66 (identity not 

 certain). — Rittee, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 157 (identity 

 not certain). 



Gallinula martinicensis, Rittee, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 

 p. 157 (Haiti, specimen). 



Porphyrio martinica, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 155 (Haiti, 

 specimens). 



Porphyrio martinicus, Tristbam, Cat. Coll. Birds belonging H. B. Tristram, 

 1889, p. 267 (Dominican Republic, specimen). 



Porpliyriola martinica, Ciferri, Segund. Inf. An. Est. Nac. Agr. Moca, 1927. 

 P. 6 (listed). 



Jonornis martinica, Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 323 (listed). 



Ionornis martinica, Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1885, pp. 

 162-163 (Can tier) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 91 (Haiti, Dominican 

 Republic). — Verriix, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 356 (San Lo- 

 renzo, Sanchez). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 402 (Monte 

 Cristi, El Batey). 



Ionornis martinicus, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, 

 p. 495 (Etang Miragoane). — Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 362 (Vasquez, Laguna 

 del Salodillo). 



Iornis martinicus, Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 311 

 (Haina, specimens). 



Resident; fairly common in freshwater marshes. 



Following are records of definite occurrence. Dominican Repub- 

 lic: — Laguna Rincon, near Cabral (Abbott); San Lorenzo Bay 

 (Verrill) ; Sanchez (Verrill, Abbott, Wetmore) ; El Batey, Monte 

 Cristi (Peters) ; Vasquez, Laguna del Salodillo (Danforth) ; Haina 

 (Ciferri). 



Haiti: — Gantier (Cory) ; Sources Puantes (Wetmore) ; fitang Mir- 

 agoane (Bond) ; Trou Caiman, Trou des Roseaux (Bartsch) ; Jere- 

 mie (Abbott) ; Riviere Limbe, (Descourtilz). 



On Laguna Rincon, near Cabral, Dr. W. L. Abbott found these 

 birds plentiful, and collected an adult female March 15, 1922. 

 Verrill wrote that they were " not rare at San Lorenzo and in the 

 vicinity of Sanchez," and Abbott secured a male at Sanchez February 

 7, 1919. On May 10, 1927 Wetmore observed two resting on reeds 

 at the mouth of the Rio Yuna enjoying the warmth of the early 

 morning sun. An immature female that he shot is molting into 

 first plumage and has the wing feathers about three-fourths grown. 

 His boatman said that the birds were seen regularly at this point. 

 Peters shot males near El Batey in April, and in the vicinity of 

 Monte Cristi in February. Danforth shot one at Vasquez June 25, 

 and saw two at the Laguna del Salodillo, near Copey, June 26, 1927. 

 Descourtilz found the purple gallinule breeding on the Riviere 

 Limbe. 



