PORPHYRIO IfELLUS, Gould.
Azure-breasted, Porphyrio.
Porphyria bellus Gould m l’uii o t/o o i - uv. , IVrtjflJFEMhi* 1 7.01
Swamp-Hen, Colonists ofWestem Australia.
Gool-le-ma, Aborigines o f d r a f c p i ^ o ' ^ i i ^ ^Ma
f t a L tiHL--ntnr. 'd Porphyrio is a native of^Sfeitern AusimIiu r u «M lf portion o f the continent it would
appear t i f i ^ K g ^ h d I f f l f rm m t ohjj rve it during iny rambles in South Australia, nop b a s ^ je p b e to
se™ on the nortlj Mast Ofjtheltwo speciegffiuWjM Australia jkj5sMpent is by far the finest* exceeding
the Porphyrio melanotus n o y rn h " W m '1'11 gri^ufirih'i’Js'H".mil richness,^ particu-
JaS^Wffie azure-blue ofttBSthroat and clu -tj-a chrusmui^nvu b ©gjil U re iditj?ih^^'uislii‘(i.
^ f o e Azure-breasted Pg^hyrifeis abundant at Swan B f r ^ f f ia t in g t h e th ^ if f o b e d s and swampy
M M S till, 1 ik"t su n ! r i S r i » ' ! I’u j li’iiiil l'\r n yw je * b h hajutsand ieonom)i s o j i^ ly resemble
those o t .t f fp e ip A y r io , s .1 § ^M lw knowntin YawPieir’ien’s Land mil Wales, that a description
applii- "I“till j S n £ ml ihergfore need n s b j ^ e p s g ^ h e r p ®
y 4 h ( jm i> <jjff' rence observable be * n se x e^ fth a t the jpah" iS*b > r.kighaivli^douraBi some-
wh^it larger in size. .
The gizzard is strong M (® i^ S a r , and^e» food consists of .v|getable substances, aquajic ing^fs, and
Oe<jiput,and crown a f t® bead hlacki| lm T O .t gradually passing? m M tjh r light violegurple which
spreads o w tfcoiape,'flanks and J i l o i ^ ^ ^ Qat, Qheeks.'-for&Mtt of thepeck and breast light azure-
b lu e ^ ff i the upjpjir surlace from the nape downwards, ^ ^ ^ h e fail, deep ehpcolatfthirowij; shoulders
W)A spurious wfiS azure-blue; primaries b la c k isF ln ^® th e ir outer jrehs s tro n gK ^ g e d 'w ilb green;
ufdea h f ig h t r l j f b i l l re d ; kuees, l o i ^ n a r t of 'the^Msi, a n ^ |® ® \ t b < |& t dark greenish grey;
remainder of the legs and feet grass-green.
The "figure is of the natural sizeYf ^