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GERANOMORPHiE. 
SUBFAMILY.— FULICINJ3. 
PORPHYRIO. 
Porphyrio , Brisson, Orn. v. p. 522 (1760). 
2853. Porpliyrio cseruleus. 
Fulica ccerulea, Yandelli, Mem. Ac. real Lisb. 1797, p. 37. 
Porpliyrio ccerulea , Scl., Ibis, 1879, p. 195. 
Porpliyrio veterum, Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 299, pi. 500 {ex 
Gmelin). 
Porpliyrio antiquorum , Bp. Comp. List. p. 54: Strickl. Ann. 
& Mag. N. H. xiv, p. 432. 
a Sicily ( Capt . H. Drummond) 1846. 
2854. Porpliyrio madagascariexisis. 
Gallinula madagascariensis , Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. lxviii. 
Porpliyrio madagascariensis, Schl. Mns. d. Pays-Bas, Balli, 
p. 54. 
Porpliyrio chloronotus , Elliot, Stray Featb. vii. p. 20 (ex 
Yieillot). 
a (Askew) 1839. 
A species of Madagascar and Africa. 
2855. Porpliyrio poliocephalus. 
Gallinula poliocephala , Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. lxviii. 
Porpliyrio poliocephalus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 713. 
a Madras (T. G. Jerdon) 1845. — b $ Rohilkund (W. J. E . 
Boys) 1847. — c S. India (T. G. Jerdon ) 1850. 
2856. Porpliyrio melanonotns. 
Porphyrio nielanotus , Temm. Man. d’Orn. ii. p. 701: Gould, 
B. Austr. vi. pi. 69 : Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xi. p. 338. 
a Australia (Arthur Strickland) 1840. 
2857. Porphyrio martinicus. 
Fulica martinica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 259. 
Porphyrio martinicus , Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 459. 
a (Askew) 1834. 
A South- American species. 
