390 MAKTINICO GALLINULE. 



In its native haunts it is vigilant and shy ; and it is not easy to sprmg 

 it, without the assistance of a dog. 



The specimen, from which our drawing was taken, came from the 

 state of Georgia. It is reduced, as well as the rest of the figures in the 

 same plate, to one-half of the size of life. 



Length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail fourteen inches ; 

 bill an inch and a quarter long, vermilion, greenish yellow at the tip ; 

 irides pale cornelian ; nak^d crown dull azure ; head, part of the neck, 

 throat and breast, of a rich violet purple ; back and scapulars olive 

 green ; rump, tail and its coverts, brownish green ; sides of the neck, 

 and wings, ultramarine, the latter tinged with green ; shoulders of wings 

 rich azure ; inner webs of the quills and tail feathers dusky brown ; 

 belly and thighs dull purplish black ; vent pure white ; tail rounded ; 

 legs and feet greenish yellow, claws long, sharp, and of a pale flesh 

 color ; span of the foot five inches.* 



* From Mr. Ord's supplementary volume. 



:nd of vol. il 



