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Middle toe without the claw, longer than the tarsus. 

 Blue ; the frontal plate, bordered behind the eyes ; see 

 Porphyrio Alter. Aldr. iij. f. 440. Found in the South 

 of Europe, especially Sicily. 



T7ie Fulica Maculata, Mavipes, and Fistulans^ rest 

 originally only on bad figures, given by Gesner, after 

 drawings which had been sent to him ; but these are 

 sultanas. 



Martinico Gallinule. Fulica Martinica. Vieill. 

 Gal. 267. 



Purple ; back and tail, green ; sides of neck and 

 wings, and lower wing-coverts, blue ; vent, white. 

 When young, dusky and purplish varied ; beneath, 

 black and white. North America. The Creos Mar- 

 tinica, Licht. Yahana Bleve de del. Azar. n. 383, 

 Porphyrio Minor, Brisson. Porphyrio Tavoiia, 

 Vieill. Gallinula Porphyrio, Wilson, A. O. t. 73. f. 2. 



Favourite Gallinule, Fulica Flavirostris, Gm. 



Upper parts, deep-blue ; sides of head and neck, 

 paler; belly, thighs, and rump, white; quills and 

 tail, brown ; bill, yellow. Cayenne. The Gallinula 

 Flavirostris of Lath, and Temm. 



Green-mantled Porphyrio. Porphyrio Smaragnotus, 

 T. Enl. Gallinula Porphyrio, Lath, not Var. B. 



Brilliant indigo ; cheeks and throat, green ; larger 

 wing-coverts, back, and scapulars, deep-green ; frontal 

 plate, not produced behind the eyes ; the middle toe, 

 without the claw, as long as the tarsus. East and 

 West Coast of Africa. 



Black-bacTced Gallinule. Porphyrio Melanotus. 



Back, wing, and tail, shining-black ; head, cheeks. 



