140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1894. 



DRYOLIMNAS Sharpe. 

 1893. — DryoUmnas Sharpe, Ibis, 1893, p. 260 (type R. cuvieri 



Puch.). 

 Dryolimnas bernieri (Boiiap). 



Rougetius bernieri Bonap., Compt. Rend., XLIII, 1856, p. 599 



(iiomen nudum). 

 ''Rougetius beruieri Bonap.," Hartl., J. f. 0., 1860, p. 171. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran). 



Rail as gularis CuY.," Less. Tr. Ornith., p. 536 (nee Cuv.). 

 Rallus cuvieriVuch. , Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 279. 



Hab. Mauritius. 



Dryolimnas aldebranus (Clunther). 



Rallus gularis var aldebrana Gunther, Ann. & Mag. N. H. , ser. 5, 

 Vol. Ill, 1879, p. 164. 



Rougetius aldebranus Ridgvv., Proc, U. S. N. M., Vol. XVI, p. 

 598, 1893. 



Hab. Aldebra. 



Dryolimnas abbotti (Eidgw.)- 



Rougetius abbotti Ridgw., Auk, 1894, p. 74. 



Hab. Assumption Island. 



CANIRALLUS Bonap. 



1856. — Ca)i/ra^^(/s "Hartl.," Bonap., Compt. Rend., XLIII, p. 600 

 (type GalUtiula kilioides Puch.). 



To this genus have been referred two species which are certainly 

 not congeneric, i. e., G. hilioides Puch., and C. oculeus Temm. 

 Bonaparte gives them both in his list (Compt. Rend., 1856, p. 600) 

 and places octt^e us Temm. first; from the fact, however, tliat he placed 

 the genus in GalUnulinae I think he must have had the former 

 species in view, as its bill is strikingly like that of a Gallinule. I 

 therefore, would select Idlioides Puch. as the type. 



Although the shape of the bill of this bird recalls the Gallinules 

 (especially Amanropfera) it has no trace of a frontal shield, and the 

 toes are very short, as in Euryzona, so that I think its place is with 

 the Rallince, though certainly an aberrant form. 



Canirallus kilioides (Puch. ). 



Gallinula kilioides Vuch. , Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 279. 

 Corethrura griseofroiis Gray, Gen. Bds., Ill, 1846, p. 595. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



