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BLACK-HEADED PORPHYllIO. 
- f (Porphyrio melanocephalus.) 
Vo.JronteJulvu, corpore cceritleo, capite coUoque nigris. 
Porphyrio with the forehead fulvous, the body blue, and the head 
and neck black. 
Fulica melanocephala. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 699. 
Gallinula melanocephala. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 768. 
Porphyrio melanocephalos. Brlss. Orn. 5. 526. A. 
Black-headed Gallinule. Lath. Gen. Si/7t. 5. 257. 
The head and neck of this bird are black ; the 
rest of the plumage a fine caerulean blue : the fore- 
head is fulvous. The female is said by Buffon to 
have a deep fulvous crown : the upper parts of the 
body the same, with white streaks on the scapulars : 
the wings greenish, tinged with fulvous : the quills 
greenish-blue. Inhabits America. 
MADRAS PORPHYRIO. 
(Porphyrio Maderaspatanus.) 
Po. cinereus subtus albus, collo subtus pectoreque maculis lunatis 
nigris. 
Ash-coloured Porphyrio white beneath, with the neck beneath 
and breast with lunated black spots. 
Fulica Maderaspatana. Gjnel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 700. 
Gallinula Maderaspatana. Lath. Lid. Orn. 2. 767. 
