448 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Creccoides osborni Shufeldt. 



Creccoides osbornii Shufeldt, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XXX, April 14, 

 1892, 125. 



Pleistocene: Blanco Canyon, Crosby County, Texas. 



Genus RALLUS Linnaeus. 



Rallus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 153. Type, by subs, desig., 

 Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus (Fleming, 1821). 



Rallus elegans Audubon. King Rail. 



Rallus clcgans Audubon, Birds Amer. (folio), III, pi. 203, 1834. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole area and Itchtucknee 

 River, Florida. 



Rallus longirostris Boddaert. Clapper Rail. 



Rallus longirostris Boddaert, Table PI. Enl., 1783, 52. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



Rallus limicola Vieillot. Virginia Rail. 



Rallus limicola Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., XXVIII, 

 1819, 558. 



Modern form recorded from Pleistocene: McKittrick, California. 



Genus ARAMIDES Pucheran. 



Aramides Pucheran, Rev. Zool., VIII, for Aug., 1845, 277. Type, by 

 subs, desig., Rallus cayanensis Gmelin (Gray, 1855). 



Aramides cajanea (Muller). Wood Rail. 



Fulica cajanea MOller, Natursyst Suppl., 1776, 119. 

 Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Florida. 



Subfamily GALLINULINAE. Gallinules. 

 Genus GALLINULA Brisson. 



Gallinula Brisson, Orn., 1760, I, 50; VI, 2. Type, by tautonymy, 

 Gallinula Brisson = Fulica chloropus Linnaeus. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus). Florida Gallinule. 



Fulica chloropus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 152. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field and Itchtucknee 

 River, Florida. 



