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Martinico gallintilc. Lath., Syn., III. p. 255, pi. 83 (1785). 

 Fulica Jlavirostris. Gmel., Syst. Nat., I. p. 699 (1788). 

 Gallinula porphyrio. Wils., Am. Orn., IX. p. 69, pi. 73 (1824). 

 Porphyrio tavona. Vieill., Gal. Ois., II. p. 170 (1825). 

 Porphyrio americanus. Sw., Classif. Bds., II. p. 357 (1837). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Head, neck, and underparts, bluish purple, 

 grading into black on the belly ; above, olive ; wing coverts, bluish ; 

 back, olive; crissum, white; frontal plate of the bill, blue; bill, red, 

 tipped with yellow; legs, yellow. 



Length n ; wing 6.50; tail 2.65; tarsus 2.30. 



This beautiful bird is not uncommon near Gantier. Specimens 

 were brought in by the natives at Le Coup. 



Subfamily, FULICIN^. 



Genus: FULICA. Linn. 



FULICA: LINNjEUS, SYST. NAT., 1735. 



FULICA AMERICANA. Gmel. 



Ftilica americaua. Gmel., Syst. Nat., I. p. 704 (1788). — Sw. and 

 Rich., F. B. A., II. p. 404 (1831). — Nutt., Man., II. p. 299 

 (1834). — Aud., Bds. Am., V. p. 138, pi. 305 (1842). — Gosse, 

 Bds. Jam., p. 304 (1847). — Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 XI. p. 98 (1866). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 178 (1880); Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. p. 155 (18S1). — Coues, Check List, 2d ed., 

 No. 686 (1882).— Bd., Bwr. and Ridgw., Hist. N. Am. W. Bds., 

 I. p. 393 (1884). 



