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Order PODICIPIDIFORMES. 



Family PODICIPIDiE. 

 Podilymbus podiceps. Pied-billed Geebe. 



Colymbus podiceps Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 136 : 



Carolina. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.) ; S. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 205 ; 

 Ogilvie- Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898, p. 553; Saun- 

 ders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 726. 



One example, a very young bird, is said to have been killed 

 near Weymouth in the winter of 1880-1; probably there was 

 some error due to an accidental exchange of specimens. 



This G-rebe occurs in North and South America, breeding 

 from British Columbia and Quebec south to Chile and the 

 Argentine. 



Order RALLIFORMES. 



Family RALLID^. 



Porphyrio porphyrio. Gkeen-backed Gallinule. 



Fulica porphyrio Linmms, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 152 : 



" Asia." 



Porphyrio smaragdonotus Temm. ; B. 0. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, 

 p. 150 ; Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 518. 



Porphyrio porphyrio (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 

 1894, p. 195. 



There are three records from Norfolk: — Oct. 1876, Nov. 

 1877, and Aug. 1879. Probably all had escaped from 

 confinement. 



The G-reen-backed Gallinule ranges over the greater part 

 of Africa from the Cape to Egypt, and is occasionally met 

 with in southern Europe. 



