GALLINULE. 41& 



29.—CROWING GALLINULE. 



Gallinula purpurea, Lid. Orn. ii. 769. 



Fulica purpurea, Gm. Lin. i. 099. 



Quachilto, Porphyrio Americanus, Rail, 116. 14. Will. 238. § II. Id. Engl. p.319.§ If. 



L'Acintli, Buf. viii. 208. 



L'Yahana blanc et brun roussatre, Voy. d'Azara, iv. No. 382. 



Crowing Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 257. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill pale; irjdes fulvous; the plumage of a 

 dark purple colour, with some white feathers intermixed ; legs 

 greenish yellow. 



Inhabits Mexico; is a marsh bird, feeding on fish, and thought 

 to be not ill tasted meat; is called by some Yacacintli, and said to 

 imitate the watching, and crowing of a Cock. In young birds the 

 bare part at the rise of the bill is red. 



M. d'Azara met with only one of these in Paraguay, and that in 

 March ; he says the length is ten inches, breadth seventeen. Bill 

 dusky, with a green base; throat and under parts white ; sides of 

 the head, and neck before pale rufous brown ; the crown, and half 

 of the neck behind deep brown, mixed with pale rufous : the rest of 

 the upper parts of the neck, and wing coverts dusky brown, glossed 

 with green ; quills dusky, glossed bluish green ; back and tail dusky 

 brown ; garter and legs straw-colour, tinged with green. 



30— YELLOW-BREASTED GALLINULE. 



Gallinula Noveboracensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 771. 



Fulica Noveboracensis, Gm. Lin. i. 701. 



Yellow-breasted Gallinule, Gen. Syn. v. 262. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 410. 



THIS is smaller than the Common Quail. Crown and neck behind 

 dark olive brown, spotted with white ; back brown ; scapulars edged 

 with yellowish white ; breast dirty yellow; legs brown. 

 Inhabits America, chiefly about New York. 



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