352 APPENDIX. 



Porphyrio caeruleus. PURPLE GALLIXCLE. 



Fulica cserulea Vandelli, Mem.Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, i. 

 1797, p. 67 : Portugal. 



Porphyrio caeruleus (Vand.) ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 149; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 194 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 518. 



Several records are given in the 1st edition of the List, 

 but probably all these individuals had escaped from captivity. 



The Purple Gallinule inhabits the countries bordering the 

 Mediterranean from Portugal and Morocco to Sicily. 



Porphyrio martinicus. MARTINIQUE GALLINULE. 



Fulica martinica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 259 : Martinique, W.I. 



Porphyrio martinicus (Linn.); B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p" 150 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 518. 



Porphyriola martinica Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, 

 p* 189. 



An example from south-west Ireland, recorded by Thomp- 

 son, was wrongly identified, but there is said to be a British- 

 killed specimen in Mr. Hart's Museum at Christchurch. 



This Gallinule is found throughout tropical and subtropical 

 America from Texas and South Carolina to Ecuador and 

 Paraguay, including the West Indies. 



Porphyrio alleni. ALLEN'S GALLINULE. 



Porphyrio alleni Thomson, Ann. Mag. N. H. x. 1842, 

 p. 204 : Niger River, W. Africa. 



Porphyriola alleni (Thorns.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii, 

 1894, p. 187 ; Gurney, Zoologist, 1902, p. 98. 



An example captured alive at sea near Yarmouth, Norfolk, 

 Jan. 1902, may have escaped from confinement. 



