584 GERANOMORPH^E. 



SUBFAMILY. FULICIN^E. 



PORPHYRIO. 

 Porphyrio, Brisson, Orn. V. p. 522 (1760). 



2853. Porphyrio cseruleus. 



Fulica ccerulea, Vandelli, Mem. Ac. real Lisb. 1797, p. 37. 



Porphyrio ccerulea, Scl., Ibis, 1879, p. 195. 



Porphyrio veterum, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 299, pi. 500 (ex 

 Gmelin). 



Porphyrio antiquorum, Bp. Comp. List. p. 54 : Strickl. Ann. 

 & Mag. N. H. xiv. p. 432. 



a Sicily (Capt. H. Drummond) 1846. 



2854. Porphyrio madagascariensis. 



Gallinula madagascariensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixviii. 



Porphyrio madagascariensis, Schl. Mus. d. Pays-Bas, Ralli, 

 p. 54. 



Porphyrio chloronotus, Elliot, Stray Feath. vii. p. 20 (ex 

 Vieillot). 



a (Askew) 1839. 



A species of Madagascar and Africa. 



2855. Porphyrio poliocephalus. 



Gallinula poliocephala, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. Ixviii. 

 Porphyrio poliocephalus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 713. 

 a Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. b $ Rohilkund (W. J. E. 

 Boys} 1847. c S. India (T. C. Jerdon} 1850. 



2856. Porphyrio melanonotus. 



Porphyrio melanotus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 701: Gould, 

 B. Austr. vi. pi. 69: Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338. 

 a Australia (Arthur Strickland) 1840. 



2857. Porphyrio martinicus. 



Fulica martinica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 259. 



Porphyrio martinicus, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 459. 



a (Askew) 1834. 



A South-American species. 



