512 RALLID^E. 



1295. Porphyrio madagascariensis (Gm.) . Madagascar Por- 



phyrio. 

 Hab. Africa. 



a. Purchased, Nov. 10, 1866. 



b-d. Purchased, April 15, 1871. 



e. Purchased, Feb. 15, 1872. 



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



g-i. Presented by A. Bells, Esq., June 19, 1879. 



j-l. Presented by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Dec. 4, 1880. 



1296. Porphyrio poliocephalus (Lath.). Grey-headed Porphyrio. 

 Hab. India. 



a-d. Presented by the Babu Rajendra Mullick, C.M.Z.S., 

 March 17, 1864. 



e,f. Purchased, Jan. 1, 1866. 



g. Presented by Mr. Budgett, June 11, 1875. 



h. Presented by Capt. Burke, Oct. 6, 1877. From Meso- 

 potamia. 



i,j. Presented by Mrs. A. Cobb, Oct. 23, 1877. From 

 Baghdad. 



Genus HYDRORNIA. 



1297. Hydrornia alleni, Thomps. Allen's Porphyrio. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



0, b. Purchased, Sept. 22, 1863. 

 c-e. Purchased, May 28, 1867. 

 /. Purchased, Jan. 24, 1873. 



g. Presented by W. B. Brown, Esq., July 31, 1879. Cap- 

 tured at sea off Sierra Leone, 5 N., 14 W. 

 h. Presented by Master J. Kennedy, Aug 3, 1882. 



Genus IONORNIS. 



1298. lonornis martinicus (Linn.) . Martinique Gallinule. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Purchased, June 18, 1862. 



b. Purchased, June 16, 1865. 



c. Purchased, June 13, 1868. 



d. Received in exchange, June 24, 1868. 



, /. Presented by the Hon. A. Gordon, C.M.Z.S., July 23, 



1868. From Trinidad. 

 g. Deposited, Aug. 4, 1868. 

 li. Purchased, June 7, 1870. 



1. Presented by Mr. A. Jamrach, June 23, 1875. 

 j, k. Purchased, Aug. 16, 1877. 



