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P0RPHYBI0 ALLEN! 



(ALLEN'S G-ALLINULE.) 



Porphyrio alleni, T. K. H. Thompson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. p. 204 (1842). 



Gallinula porphyrio, Temminck, in Mus. Lugd. 



Gallinula mutabilis, Sundevall, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. p. 152 (1850). 



" Gallinula porphyrio, Temm.," Hartl. J. f. Orn. 1855, p. 357. 



Hydrionia porphyrio (Temm.), Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 599 (1856). 



Cesar ornis alleni (Thomps.), Bp. ut supra (1856). 



Hydrornia porphyrio (Temm.), Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 243 (1857). 



Porphyrio variegatus, A. Guirao, Cat. Aves de la Prov. de Murcia, p. 42, pi. 2 (1859). 



Porphyrio minutus, Heugl. J. f. Orn. 1863, p. 169. 



Gallinula alleni (Thomps.), Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli,'j). 38 (1865). 



Hydrornia alleni (Thomps.), Salvad. Fauna d'ltalia, Uccelli, p. 233 (1872). 



Porphyrio-Gallinula alleni (Thomps.), Savi, Orn. Tosc. ii. p. 422 (1874). 



Figurw notabiles. 

 Giglioli, Icon. Avif. Ital. fasc. ii. ; G. R. Gray Gen. of B. iii. pi. to p. 589 ; Guirao, I. e. 



Ad. pileo, nucha et capitis lateribus fuliginoso-nigris vix CEeruleo tinctis ; collo postico et corpore supra 

 saturate olivaceo viridi tinctis : remigibus et rectricibus nigricantibus saturate cseruleo tinctis : tectri- 

 cibus alarum saturate turcino-caruleis vix viridi tinctis : gula et corpore subtiis saturate turcino- 

 cseruleis, abdomine imo et tibiis nigricanti-cseruleis : subcaudalibus exterioribus albis : iride fusco- 

 rubra, : rostro et pedibus miniatis, scutella frontali pallide viridi. 



Jut. pileo, nucha, et collo postico fulvescenti-cervinis, capitis lateribus pallidioribus : dorso, scapularibus et 

 secundariis intimis saturate umbrinis conspicue fulvo-ochraceo marginatis : uropygio sordide umbrino 

 viridi-cyaneo tincto : supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus sed angustius marginatis : remigibus fuscis, 

 extiis sordide viridi-cyaneo marginatis : tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus sed vix viridi tinctis : 

 mento, gula. et abdomine centraliter albis : gula, ima, colli lateribus, pectore et hypochondriis fulvo- 

 ochraceis, subcaudalibus magis rufescentibus : tibiis fere omnino cseruleo-nigris : rostro .et scutella 

 frontali rufescenti-corneis : iride pallide fusca : pedibus pallide rufescenti-fuscis. 



Adult Male (river Niger, August 1859). Crown, nape, and sides of the head black with an indigo-blue 

 tinge; hind neck, back, and upper parts generally deep olivaceous glossed with dark parrot-green ; 

 quills and tail blackish tinged with deep cobalt-blue, the wing-coverts cobalt-blue with a greenish 

 tiuge ; throat and underparts generally deep blue becoming blackish on the lower abdomen and thighs ; 

 under tail-coverts, except the lowest layer, pure white ; iris rich brownish red ; bill and legs scarlet ; 

 frontal plate pea-green. Total length about 10 inches, culmen V\, wing 5 - 75, tail 2'75, tarsus 2 - 05, 

 middle toe with claw 2'6, middle claw 0'6. 



Young Female (Alexandria, 27th November 1867) . Crown, nape, and hind neck warm sandy brown with a 



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