.THE GENUS PORPHYKIO AND ITS SPECIES. 1 



other genera, I will merely notice 

 those that are properly included in this 

 paper. The Fulica porphyrio, Linn, 

 is named. Porphyrio chlorynothos 

 (lege chloronotus), P. cyanophalus 

 (lege cyanocephalus) and P. calvus 

 are named for the first time .. Species, 5. 



1820. — Temminck — Manuel oV Ornithologie. 

 In this work three species of this genus 

 are named, none, however, for the first 

 time, viz., P. hyacinthinus ( = P. 

 veterum, GmeL), P. smaragnotus 

 (—P. chloronotus, Vieill.), and P. 

 melanotus ( = P- cyanocephalus, 

 Vieill.) 

 1821. — HorsHeld — Transactions of the Li?incean Society. 

 The P. calvus, Vieill., is here renamed P. 

 indicus. 

 1823. — Vieillot — Encyclopcedie Mdthodique. 

 A nearly duplicate list of that in the 

 Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle with 

 the P. cyanophalus changed to P. 

 cyanocephalus. No new species added. 

 1826-27 . — Temminch — Planches Coloriees. 

 In the 68th Livraison of this great 

 work, a list of Porphyrio, as known 

 to the author, is given, and in this 

 and the 71st Livraison two species are 

 figured. Six species are named in the 

 list, viz., P. hyacinthinus ( = P. 

 veterum, GmeL), P. smaragnotus (=P. 

 chloronotus, Vieill. P. pulverulentus, 

 named for the first time ; P. albus, 

 possibly a Notornis (Albino), P. 

 melanotus ( = P. cyanocephalus, Vieill^) 

 and P. smaragdinus ( = P. calvus, 

 Vieill.) ... .. ... Species, 6. 



1840. — Gould — Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 

 Porphyrio bellies, from Australia, des- 

 cribed ... ... ... Species, 7. 



1845. — Gray — Genera of Birds. 



A list of seventeen so-called species is 

 given in this publication, (several 

 of them marked with a doubt ?), the 

 majority of which do not properly 

 belong to the genus Porphyrio, but 



