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PORPHYRIO. 



India, Ceylon, and Burma. Five to nine eggs (1-62 x 1-21), drab, spotted red, 

 Young leave the nest as soon as hatched. (J. 905. B. 1402.) 







^^^S^^^^^S 



Mandalay, 16.2.89. 



Also G. lepida. Species undetermined. 



6. Unebrosa. 14J". From E. and S. Australia and S. New Guinea. 



G. frontaia. 14". From Australia, New Guinea, Moluccas, Celebes, and Borneo. 



G. galeata, 14", from greater part of New World ; and one subspecies from Sandwich Islands. 



6. angulata, 9", from Africa ; and two extinct Gallinnles from Queensland. 



Also the genus Porphyriomis. Two species, with fringe to toes nearly obsolete, and wing 

 feeble. P. nesiotis, 10", from Tristan d'Acunha; and P. comori, 11", from Gough Island. Mid 

 toe and claw 2-7". 



Also the genus Porphyriops. One species, with frontal shield pointed posteriorly. Mid toe 

 and claw 2-4". P. melanops, 9", from S. America (B. M. Cat., xxiii. 166-182). 



Genus PORPHYRIO. 



Porphyr'to=:Tof>tpvplav=a, red-coloured water-bird known to the Greeks: from irop<pipa= 

 purple. 



Base of bill prolonged to top of head and squarely truncated behind. Wings 

 rounded ; second, third, and fourth quills subequal. Toes very long, from 3-8" 

 to 4-9". Plumage blue. Sexes alike. Africa, India, Burma, S. China, Malayan 

 Archipelago, Australia, New Zealand, and South Sea Islands. 



