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of the Mascarene Islands. 
The two birds now described by us may be placed in the 
system with the following attributes :— 
Gallinula (Leguatia) gigantea. 
“ Le Geant,” Leguat, Yoy. ii. p. 72, fig. 
„ ,, Du Quesne apud Leguat, op. cit. i. p. 55 (?). 
“ Straussartiger Vogel/’ Hamel, Bullet. Acad. St. Petersb. 
vii. No. 5 et 6 [pp. 65-96]. 
“ Flamingo/’ Strickland, ‘ The Dodo, &c.’ p. 60 (note). 
Stature, six feet high. Body not heavier than that of a Goose. 
Wings pretty short, but fit for flight. Feathers of the tibia 
reaching pretty close to the tarsus. Toes long and quite free, 
those in front about as long as the tarsus. Upper mandible ex¬ 
tended in a plate reaching beyond the eye. General colour 
white, with a reddish spot under the wing. Colour of the feet 
and bill unknown, but probably not very remarkable, as the 
description does not mention it. 
Hah. Mauritius, perhaps also Bourbon; once accidentally 
met with in Rodriguez. 
Observed with certainty only by Leguat in 1694. Since that 
time not remarked again, and evidently long ago completely 
extirpated. 
Seems to represent the Crane-type among the Waterhens. 
P0RPHYRI0 (NoTORNIS?) C^RULESCENS. 
“ Oiseau bleu,” D.B., Manuscript Journal [penes Soc. Zool. 
Lond. p. 183] ; Strickland, op. cit. p. 59. 
Apterornis ccerulescens, De Selys-Longchamps, Revue Zoolog. 
Oct. 1848, p. 3 [ potius , p. 294]. 
Cyanornis erythrorhyncha , Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 3 ( except . 
synon. Did. broeckii). 
Size of a heavy Goose or Turkey. Feet like a Hen’s. Colour 
blue. Bill and feet red. Does not fly, but runs extraordinarily 
fast. 
Hah . Bourbon [Reunion]. 
Only observed by “D. B.” in 1669 [between 1669 and 
1672] j never seen since, and apparently extirpated. 
Seems, with Notornis mantelli , to represent the Hen-type 
among the Porphyrios. 
