540 GALLINULA GALEATA, FLOEIDA GALLINULE. 



Tdrnb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 33 (breeding in marshes of Cape May County, N. J.).— 

 Codes, Key, 1872, 274.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 11 (Kansas, one specimen, 

 Allen).— RiDGW., Ann. Lye. N. Y. x, 1874, 387 (Illinois, summer). 



Aramides (Creeiseus) jamaicensis, Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 61, No. 10444, 



Crex pygmcea, Blackwell, Brewster's Journ. vi, 1832, 77. 



Ortj/gometru cMlensis, Bp., Comptes Eendus, xliii, 599. 



Bdllua salinasi, Phil., Wiegen. Archiv, 1867, 262. 



" Gallinula salinasi, Phil., Cat. 1869, 38." 



b. coturniculus. 



Forzana jamaicensis var. coturniculus, Bd., mss. — RroGW., Am. Nat. viii, 1874, 111. — 

 CouES, Check-list, 1874, App. p. 137, No. 470>. 



Sab. — South America to Chili. Central America. West Indies. In North America 

 to New Jersey and Kansas, rare. Var. coturniculus, Farallone Islands {Gruber, Mus. 

 Smiths. Inst. ; types of the variety). 



The introduction into the present connection of the Black Rail, which 

 appears to be very rare everywhere in J^^orth America, rests upon the 

 authority of Mr. Allen, who found a specimen in Kansas. Several of 

 the rare eggs of the Little Black Eail are in the Smithsonian from New 

 Jersey. They are altogether different, again, from those of the Sora, or 

 the Eed-breasted, being creamy-white, sprinkled all over with fine dots 

 of rich, bright reddish-brown, and with a few spots of some little size 

 at the great end. They are most like the more finely speckled exam- 

 ples of the eggs of the large Ealli. Dimensions, 1.05 by 0.80. 



Subfamily Fulicinje : Gallinules and Coots. 



The birds of this group will be immediately recognized by the presence of a broad, 

 horny plate (an expansion of the bill), which covers the forehead. In the structure of 

 the feet the Gallinules are much like ordinary Rails, having little or no marginal fringe 

 on the toes ; but the Coots are conspicuously lobe-footed, the toes being furnished with 

 a series of broad, semi-circular flaps. 



GALLINULA GALEATA, (Licht.) Bp. 



Florida Galllnule. 



Crexgaleata, Licht., Verz. Doubl. 1823, 80, No. 826. 



Gallinula galeata, Bp., Am. Orn. iv, 1832, 128 ; List, 1838, 53.— Ntjtt., Man. ii, 1834, 

 221.— Maxim., Beitr. iv, 1833, 807.— Schomb., Guiana, iii, 760.— TscH., Fn. Pern, 

 302.— BUEM., Syst. Ueb. iii, 389 ; La Plata Eeise, ii, 505.— Gay, Fn. Chilen. 

 437.— GOSSE, B. Jam. 1847, 381.— Gundl., J. f. O. iv, 1856, 428; Eep. Fis. 362 

 (Cuba).— Sall:^, P. Z. S. 1857, 237 (St. Domingo).— NE\yB., P. R. E. Rep. vi, 

 1857, 96 (San Francisco).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 752.— Hkeijm., P. E. E. Eep. x, 

 13.59, pt. vi, 61 (California).— Newt., Ibis,i, 1859, 260 (Santa Cruz, breeding).— 

 Bky., Pr. Bost. Soc. vli, 1859 (Bahamas).— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Eep. 1860, No. 

 231 (occasional ; north to Lake Erie). — Taylok, Ibis, 1860, 314 (Honduras). — 

 Scl., p. Z. S. 1861, 81 (Jamaica) ; 1867, 339 (Chili).— Scl. & S.vxv., P. Z. S. 

 1868, 176 (Islay, Peru); ibid. 462 (critical).— Salv., Ibis, 1866, 198 (Guate- 

 mala).— McIlwr., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1866, 93 (Canada West, common).— Lawb., 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii, 185 (Nicaragua) ; ibid. 295 (New Y'ork).— Bry., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. xi, 1866, 97 (Porto Eico). — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 87 (Massachn- 

 . setts).- EuLER, J. f. O, 1867, 419 (Brazil, egg).— Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 

 297 (Massachusetts).- Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 124 (South Carolina, 

 resident).— TuRXE., B. E. Pa. 1869, 34 (New Jersey, rare, May to Oct.).— Allen, 

 Am. Nat. iii, 1870, 639 (Massachusetts, breeding).— Ma vx.. Guide, 1870, 146 

 (Massachusetts, accidental, probably breeds).— Salv., Ibis, 1870, 115 (Costa 

 Eica).— EEDfH., Ved. Med.' Nat. For. 1870, 40 (Brazil).— L]5oT., Ois. Trinidad, 

 503.— Phil., Cat. 39 (Chili).— Jelz,, Orn. Bras. 318 (Brazil).— Allen, Bull. 

 M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 3.57 (Florida, wintering).— Coues, Key, 1872, 275.— Sxow, B. 

 Kans. 1673, 11 (Kansas, Baird). — Hatch, Bull. Minnesota Acad, i, 1874, 63 

 (Minnesota). 



Gallinula cMoropus, Bp., Syn. 182=<, 336.— AuD., Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 330, pi. 224 ; Svn. 

 1839, 210 ; B. Ara. v, 1842, 132, pi. 304.— GiR., B. L. I. 1844, 197. 



Gallinula chloropus, var. galeata, H a b il. & Finsch.— ElDGW., Ann, Lvc. N. Y. x, 1874, 

 387 (Illinois). ■ , "' • ' 



