GKALLATOKKx. 



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>'L'.i' Gould; Anl/'ii cii/rr/'ii L. : .1. jiiir/iurm L.. Smith Europe : Cioonia 

 iillni L., Stork ; Myeteria senegalens-is ; Leptoptilus argala Trmm.. ( Marabu) : 

 Aiiit.ifn/niix hitin-UiijiTux Teinni.. K.-I-: [ndies ; (rmx cii/n-i-a Bechst., Common 

 Crane. 



Fam. Kallidae. Water-hens. Rails. Intermediate between the Niitatoirx 

 ami the Galliniici'i. 1,'nllux ttquaHciix I,., \Vatrr Hail. Northern and Central 

 Europe to Central Asia; Cn.r /in/fci/xlx !>., Corncrake; Cr. jwrzitna L., 

 Europe, Spotted crake : I'urrii jariina L.. America : Gnl'nniltt clilornjiux L., 

 Moorhen ; Fulicn atrti L., Coot. On the reedy lakes and ponds of 

 Europe. 



Fain. Alectoridae. Transitional between the Orullaturcs and Gall'maa-i. 



l-'ii. . 661. Chauna churn ria (rogue animal). 



They resemble the former in the length of their legs, and the latter in 

 their mode of life and in the form of their beak. Otis tarda L.. Bustard. 

 Lives as a migratory bird (Strichvogel ) in the plains of South-east Europe 

 with one or two females to each male. O. frfnt.v L., more in the South : 

 Dirholojrtiiix '.-rixtntiix 111., Cariama [Seriema], in Brazil, lives on Lizards and 

 Snakes like the Secretary-bird of South Africa. 1'xojsltin avpituns L., Trum- 

 peter. South America ; Palamedea mr/i/if// L.. with spurs on the wings. 

 f '/i nit iia cliarar'm 111., Screamers (fig. 6(51). With spurs on the wings. Is 

 domesticated. Receives in German the name of Shepherd's bird from its 11-1 

 as keeper and defender of flocks of hens and geese in South America. 



