412 CLASS AVES. 



black ; forehead and cheeks, white ; sides of belly, 

 black. 



Crew Galeata, Lecht. Gallinula 

 Galeata, Gray. Yakana, n. 379. Azara. 



Very like F. Chloropus ; but differs in length of the 

 toes ; length, fourteen inches ; middle toes, without 

 the claw, thirty-four lines, being two lines longer 

 than F. Chloropus ; of the same size, probably the 

 Gal. Americana, Leach. Gal. Fusca, B. Lath. 



Gallinula Ohscura, Gray, M, S. 



Body above, olive; beneath, black lead-colour; quills, 

 brown ; tail, black ; throat, white ; bill larger than 

 the head ; length of bill, one inch and seven-eighths ; 

 of body, eight ; of tarsus, one and three quarters. 



The Sultanas, Porphyrio. Briss. 



Have the bill more high in relation to its length. 

 The toes are very long, almost without any percep- 

 tible border, and the frontal plate is considerable, 

 sometimes rounded, and sometimes squared in the 

 upper part. They usually stand on one foot, using 

 the other to carry food to the bill. Their colours are 

 generally beautiful shades of violet, of blue, and of 

 aquamarine. Such is the 



Purple Gallinule- Fulica Porphyria. L. Edw. 87. 



A fine bird of Africa, naturalized at present in many 

 islands, and on the coasts of the Mediterranean. Its 

 beauty might constitute an ornament of our parks. 



