882 BULLETIN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [VolY. 



Rallidse. 



ilncluding Oallinula, Fulica, Aramits, Notornis, Aphanapteryx, etc.] 



1717. LiMPRECHT, J. A. De Fulica receutiorum minore Gesneri. <^Ephem. Acad. 

 Nat. Cur., Cent. 5 et 6, 1717, pp. 212-217. 

 Haud mihi cognitus : titulus eCaro et Engelm. 

 1721. Hoffmann, M. De Fulica dissecta. <^Ephem. Acad. Xat. Cur., Ceut. 9 et 10, 

 1721, App., pp. 469,470. 

 Non milii obvius : titulus e Caro et Engolm. 

 1734. Perrault, C. Descri])tion anatomique d'une Poule Sultaue [Porphyrio]. 

 < M^m. de I'Acad. Roy. des ScL depuis 1666 jusq. 1699, ill, pt. iii, 1734, pp. 50- 

 57, pll. 11, 12. 

 1744-50. Hasselquist, F. Fulica. Liunaei Sy.st. Nat. p. 28. <^ Acta Beg. Soc. Sci. 

 Upsal., V, 1744-50, pp. 22, 23. 

 Haud milii obvia. 

 1757. Perrault, C. Anatomische Beschreibung eiuer Sultanslieune fPorpliyrio]. 



<^Ahhandl. KonU/I. Franzosisch. AJcad., ii, 1757, pp.277 . 



Mir nicbt zuganglicb. — Teutsch. Ubors. d. Mem. de VAcad. Paris, iii, pt. iii, 1734, p. 50. 

 1813. Ljungh, S. I. Eu uy Fogel, Rallns Paykullii, beskrilVen. <^ Kongl. Fetensk. 



Acad. Handl., 1813, pp. 258-260, pi. v. 

 1817. Bartok, B. S. Some Account of the Tantalus Ephouskyca [sp. u.], a rare Am- 

 erican Bird. <^ Trans. Linn. Soc.,xu, pt. i, 1817, pp. 24-27, pi. i. 



Tbisistbe "Crying-bird" ofBartram, Trav.inFla., ed. of 1791, p. 147, " Tantalus pictus," 

 ibid., p. 293= Aramus giganteus By.^^A. piclus, Couea, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, p. 354. 



1821. Fleming, J. On the Water-Rail [Rallus aquaticus]. <^Mem. Wernerian Xat. 

 Hist. /Soc, iii, 1321, pp. 174-182. (Read Nov., 1819.) 



Notes a spine on tlie wing of Rallus aquaticus, and consequently associates the genus with 

 Parra and Palamedea. Monogi'aphic account of the species, followed by a synoptical view 

 of the British species of Pallvs, Ortygometra, Gallinula, and Fulica. 



1823. Morrison, — . Hybernation of the Corncrake (Rallus Crex [Crex prateusis]). 

 <^Edinb. FMlos.Jom-n., viii, 1823, pp. 414, 415. 

 Three individuals stated to have been found torpid in a heap of manure. 



1829. " B." RaUus aquaticus. < Loudon's May. Xat. Hist., ii, 1829, p. 302. 



Complaint of the figure given, op. dt., i, p. 289. 



1830. Anon. Spur on the wing of the Rallus Crex [Crex jjratensisj. -i^Fdinh. XeiO 



FMlos. Journ., viii, 1830, p. 204. 

 See above, 1821, FLEMING, J. 



1831. Brehji, C. L. Die kleinen europ&ischen Rohrhfihner [Porzaua spp.]. <^ Oken's 



Tsis, Bd. xxiv, 1831, pp. 70.5-710. 



Oallinula minuta Br. ; G. tninutissima, Petb6nyi und Brehm. Vergleiehung der O. punlla 

 und G. minutissima. 



1832. "A. B." A white Water-Rail [Rallus aquaticus]. <^ Loudon's Mag. Xat. Hist., 



V, 1832, p. 384. 

 1832. ALLI8, T. Food of the Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus Linn.). < Loudon's Mag. 



Xat. Hist., V, 1832, p. 732. 

 1832. Anon. The Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus Latham), a Percher, and excellent 



for Food. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., v, 1832, pp. 381, 382. 

 1832. "A. R. Y." The Gizzard of the Corncrake (Rallus crex L., Ortygometra crex 



Fleming [Crex prateusis]). •< Loudon's Mag. Xat. Hist., v, 1832, pp. 731, 732. 



