GENUS 80. GALLINULA. GALINULE. 
SPECIES 1 . G, MARTINICA. 
MARTINICO GALLINULE.* 
[Plate LXXIIL— Fig. 2.] 
Gailinula Martinica, Lath. Ind. Orn.p.769, 9. Gen. Syn. 
255, r, pi. 88. — Fulica Martinica, Linn. Syst. ed. 12, i, p. 259, 
7. — Fulica Martinicensis,. Gmel. Syst. p. TOO, 7. — La petite 
Poule-Sultane, Briss. Orn. v, p. 526, pi. 42, jig. 2. — Buff. Ois. 
8, p. 206. — La Favourite de Cayenne, PI. Enl. JVb. 897, young? 
— Peale’s Museum Mo. 4294. 
This splendid bird is a native of the southern parts of the 
continent of North America. I have never learnt that it migrates 
as far north as Virginia, though it is probable that it may be 
occasionally seen in that state. It makes its appearance, in the 
Sea-islands of Georgia, in the latter part of April; and after 
spending the summer, it departs, with its young, in the autumn. 
The marshes of Mexico appear to be its winter residence. It 
frequents the rice fields and fresh water ponds, in company with 
the Common Gallinule; but the latter, being of a more hardy 
nature, remains all winter, both in Georgia and Florida. 
During its migration, this bird is frequently driven to sea, 
and I haveJcnown two or three instances of its having sought 
refuge on board of vessels. On the 24th May, 1824, a brig ar- 
rived at Philadelphia, from New Orleans, bringing a fine living 
specimen, which had flown on board of her in the Gulf-stream. 
This bird is now alive in the Philadelphia Museum. 
In the month of August, 1818, a storm drove another indi- 
vidual on board of a vessel, in her passage from Savannah to 
Philadelphia. This also lived for some time in Peale’s Museum. 
Named in the plate Purple Gallinule. 
