BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 

 RALLID^E. 



Subfamily, GALLINULIN^. 



Genus: GALLINULA. Briss. 

 G A LUNULA : BRISSON, ORN., VL. p. 3, 1760. 



GALLINULA GALEATA. (TJcht) 



Crex galeata. Licht., Verz. Doubl., p. So, No. 826 (1823). 



Gallinula galcata. Bp., Am. Orn., IV. p. 128 (1832). — Nutt, Man., 

 II. p. 221 (1834). — Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 381 (1847). — Salle, 

 P. Z. S., 1857, p. 237.— Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 VII. p. 122 (1859). — Scl. and Salv., P. Z. S., 1868, p. 176. — 

 Allen, Am. Nat., III. p. 639 (1870). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., 

 p. 177 (1S80); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 155 (1SS1).— 

 Coues, Check List, 2d ed., No. 684 (18S2). — Bd., Bwr. and 

 Riclgw., Hist. N. Am. W. Bds., I. p. 38S (1SS4). 



Gallimila chloropiis. Bp., Syn., p. 336 (182S). — And., Bds. Am., 

 V. p. 132, pi. 304 (1842). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Head, neck, and underparts, blackish, 

 becoming pale on the belly; back, olive brown; tail, dusky; 



