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CROWING POIIPHYRIO. 
"i (Porphyrio purpureus.) 
Vo.fronte rostroque rubente, corpore saturate purpurea albo vario. 
Porphyrio with the forehead and beak reddish, the body dark 
purple, varied with white;. 
Fulica purpurea. Gwel. Syst. Nat. 1. G99. 
Gallinula purpurea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 769. 
Porphyrio Americauus. Rail, Syn. IIG. 
L'Acintli. Buff. Ois. 8. 208. 
Crowing Galliuule. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 257. 
The beak and forehead of this species are reddish : 
the irides are fulvous : the general colour of the plu- 
mage is dark purple, with a few white feathers inter- 
mixed : the legs are greenish-yellow. 
This species is said to crow like a Cock, from 
whence its name : it inhabits Mexico, and resides in 
the marshes ; and though its principal food consists 
of fish, its flesh is not considered bad. 
MARTINICO PORPHYRIO. 
~^ {Porphyrio Martinicus.) 
Vo. fronte cceruled, corpore viridis ccsrulescente, crisso albo, j)e- 
dibusflavis. 
Porphyrio with the front blue, the body green-blue, the vent 
white, the legs yellow. 
Fulica Martinica. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 259. Gniel. Syst. Nat. 
1 . 700. 
