394 RALLID^. 



1084. Ocydromus lafresnayanus (Verr. et Des Murs). New- 

 Caledonian Rail. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



a. Presented by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.Z.S., June 10, 1869. 



See P.Z.S. 1869, p. 431. 



b. Presented by Dr. Geo. Bennett, F.Z.S., May 28, 1873. 



1085. Ocydromus sylvestris, Sclater. Woodhen Rail. 

 Hab. Lord Howe's Island. 



a, b. Presented by Dr. G. Bennett, F.Z.S., May 30, 1871, 

 See P. Z. S. 1871, p. 546. 



Subfamily II. F u L i c i N JR. 



Genus PORPHYRIO. 



1086. Porphyrio hyacinthinus, Temm. Hyacinthine Por- 



phyrio. 



Hab. Southern Europe and Western Asia. 



a. Purchased, Dec. 18, 1864. From Bagdad. 

 6, c. Purchased, May 8, 1868. 



d. Presented by Lady Gust, July 29, 1873. 



1087. Porphyrio madagascariensis (Gm.). Madagascar Por- 



phyrio. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



a. Purchased, Nov. 10, 1866. 

 b-d. Purchased, April 15, 1871. 



e. Purchased, Feb. 15, 1872. 



/. Presented by Miss A. Furlonger, April 8, 1873. 



1088. Porphyrio alleni, Thomps. Allen's Porphyrio. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a, b. Purchased, Sept. 22, 1863. 

 c-e. Purchased, May 28, 1867. 

 /. Purchased, Jan. 24, 1873. 



