Fam. Rallidae. — 1228 — Gen. Porphyrio. 



Subfam. Porphyrioninae, Rchb. 



Gen. Porphyrio, Briss. 



Subgen. Hydrornia, Ilartl. 

 {Caesarornis, Bp.) 



*Nr. 829. Porphyrio Alleni. 



Gallinula Alleni, Thomps. Ann. & Mag. of N. Hist. 1842. p. 

 204. — Thomps. in Allen's Exped. Niger I. p. 332. — n. p. 507. 



— Gallinula mutabilis, Sundev. Oefvers. 1850. p. 132. — Porphyrio 

 Alleni, Gray, List B. Brit. Mus. III. p. 121. — Gray, Gen. of B. III. 

 p. 598. t. CLXII. — Porphyrio madagascariensis, Rchb. (nee. auet.) 

 t. 108. f. 1094. & 1095. — Porphyrio Alleni, Behb. t. 109. f. 1104. 



— ? Harcourt, Ann. & Mag. 1 853. p. 438. — Porphyrio sp. f Licht. 

 Nomencl. p. 97. — Gallinula porphyrio, Temra. in Mus. Lugd. (nee 

 Lath.) — Hydrornia porphyrio, Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 691. — Porphy- 

 rio (Caesarornis) Alleni, Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 690. — Cass. Proc. 

 Acad. Philad. 1859. p. 457. — Newton, Ibis 1863. p. 458. — Gal- 

 linula Alleni, Schleg. Cat. Ball. p. 38. — Porphyrio ( Hydrionia) 

 Alleni, Finsch & Hartl. O. Afr. p. 785. — P. (Hydronia) Alleni, 

 Gray, Handl. HI. p. 65. — Hydrornia p^ophyrio, Sharpe, Ibis 1870. 

 p. 488. — Porphyrio Alleni, Selys, Ibis 1870. p. 452. — Porphyrio 

 minutus, Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1863. p. 169. — Gallinula Alleni, Heugl. 

 Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 1869. p. 415. — Porphyrio Alleni, Hartl. 

 Cab. Journ. 1854. p. 302. -- Bolle, Cab. Journ. 1857. p. 347. — 

 1858. p. 457. — Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1861. p. 272. — Heugl. Cab. 

 Journ. 1863. p. 28. & 164. — Gallinula porphyrio, Hartl. Cab. 

 Journ. 1855. p. 357. & 361. — Caesarornis Alleni, Bocage, Aves das 

 possess. portug. I. p. 20. — Porphyrio Alleni, Doderl. Avifaun. Sic. 

 p. 204. (not.J — Heugl. Beise in das Gebiet des Weissen Nil p. 

 132. & 348. — Brehm, Cab. Journ. 1871. p. 34. 



