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Show 1868.J ON THE AMERICAN RALLIDiE. 459 Subfam. II. FULICIN^E. Conspectus generum Fulicinarum. a. digiti membrana laterali omnino carentes: nares ovales ... 6, Porphyrio. h. digiti membrana laterali instructi : nares lineariformes. a', digitorum membrana angusta, continua. a", clypeo frontali parvo, triquetro, elevato 7. Porphyriops. b". clypeo frontali expanso, rotundato 8. Gallinula. b . digitorum membrana lobiformi 9. Fulica. Genus 6. PORPHYRIO. Type. Porphyrio, Temm P. antiquorum, Ionornis, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. p. xxi (1853) .. P. martinicus. * Porphyrula, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1851) .... P. martinicus Glaucestes, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. p. xxi (1853).. P. parvus. Head oi Porphyrio martinicus, showing the oval nostril. 1. PORPHYRIO MARTINICUS. Fulica martinica, Linn. S. N. i. p. 259. Gallinula martinica, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 812. Gallinula martinicensis, Max. Beitr. iv. p. 812. Crex martinica, Licht. Doubl. p. 79. Porphyrio martinica, Temm. Pl. Col. 405 (text) ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 392; Gosse, B. Jam. p. 377; Schomb. Guian: iii. p. 761; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 372, et 1867, p. 592 ; Ibis, 1859, p. 230 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 64; Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 96 et p. 171; Le'otaud, Ois. Trin. p. 501. Ionornis martinicensis, Reichenb. Nat. Syst. p. xxi. Gallinula martinica, Baird, B. N. A. p. 753; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 179. Porphyrio tavoua, Vieill. Gal. ii. t. 267- Porphyrula martinica, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856); Gundlach, Rep. F. N. i. p. 362. * Porphyrula is a genus originally established by Blyth (Cat. B. As. S. Mus. p. 283), of which the type is Porphyrio chloronotus, described by Blyth (J. A. 8. B. xviii. p. 283) from an unknown locality. Bonaparte misapplied this term to P. martinicus, and has misled Baird (B. N. A. p. 753) into following him. |