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In Haiti Cory secured the purple gallinule near Gantier, where 

 he found it not uncommon, and saw birds brought by natives to 

 Petionville (then known as Le Coup). The latter may have come 

 from some distance, however, as women travel many miles with 

 articles of food which they display in the markets. Bartsch shot 

 one at Trou Caiman April 4, 1917, and recorded the species at Trou 

 des Koseaux April 13. Abbott collected two near Jeremie February 

 8 and 10, 1918. On March 29, 1927 Wetmore observed one walking 

 along a muddy bank among mangroves at the overflow of the 

 sulphur spring at Sources Puantes north of Port-au-Prince. (PL 

 7.) Bond saw several at the Etang Miragoane February 4, 1928. 



The purple gallinule usually seeks covert in aquatic growths where 

 it wades, climbs, or swims, but may occasionally be seen in the open. 

 In proper light the coloration of the adult bird is beautifully bright 

 but in any shadow it is obscure. When walking the constant 

 twitching of the white under tail coverts attracts the eye when the 

 bird might otherwise remain unnoticed. Abbott describes the colors 

 of the bill in a female taken at Jeremie as follows ; terminal half of 

 bill pale green; base of lower mandible reddish; base of the upper 

 mandible and frontal plate fleshy brown. 



This gallinule when adult has the under surface rich purple, 

 changing to black on the abdomen, and white on the under tail 

 coverts. The back is dull green, the head purple, and the outer 

 webs of the primaries, and a line along the side of breast and neck, 

 bright blue. The immature are washed with brown. The bird is 

 nearly as large in body as a pigeon. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS PORTORICENSIS Danforth 



ANTILLEAN GALLINULE, GALLARETA DE AGUA, GALLINAZA, GALLARETA 

 PICO ROJO, POULE D'EAU 



Gallinula chloropus portoricensis Danforth, Auk, 1925, p. 560 (Cartagena 

 Lagoon, Porto Rico). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 

 465 (Port-de-Paix, Trou Caiman, nesting) .—Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 362 

 (Hispaniola, common). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 

 311 (Guerra). 



Poule d'eau, Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 261-262 (Riviere Estere). 



Gallinula galeata, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 237 (Mouth of 

 Rio Haina). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 97 

 (Dominican Republic).— Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 155 

 (Gantier) ; Cat. Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1885, pp. 161-162 

 (Gantier, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 91 (Haiti, Dominican 

 Republic). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 323 (listed). — Verrill, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 356 (Dominican Republic). 



Gallinula chloropus, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1S36, p. 157 

 Haiti, specimen). 



