CONTENTS IX 



Order Gruiformes : Cranelike birds — Contiuued. 

 Suborder Ralli — Continued. 



Family Rallidae — ^^Continued. Page 



Genus Gallinula Brisson 180 



Key to the American forms of Gallinula chloropus (Lin- 



^ naeus) 182 



Gallinula chloropus cachinnans Bangs 184 



Gallinula chloropus cerceris (Bangs) 190 



Genus Porphyrula Blj'th 192 



Key to the species of Porphyrula 195 



Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus) 196 



Genus Fulica Linnaeus 204 



Key to North and Middle American forms of Fulica-- 207 



Fulica atra atra Linnaeus 207 



Fulica americana americana Gmelin 213 



Fulica americana grenadensis Riley 221 



Fulica caribaea Ridgway 222 



Suborder Heliornithes 224 



Family Heliornithidae 225 



Key to the genera of Heliornithidae 226 



Genus Heliomis Bonnaterre 226 



Heliornis fulica (Boddaert) 228 



Suborder Eurypygae 232 



Family Eurypygidae 233 



Genus Eurypyga lUiger 233 



Key to the subspecies of Eurypyga helias (Pallas) 235 



Eurypyga helias major Hartlaub 236 



FIGURES ILLUSTRATING GENERIC DETAILS 



1. Grus canadensis canadensis 7 



2. Aramus scolopaceus pictus 29 



3. Ralltjs limicola limicola 46 



4. Cyanolimnas cerverai 99 



5. Pardirallus maculatus maculatus 101 



6. Amatjrolimnas concolor concolor 106 



7. Aramides cajanea cajanea 112 



8. Crex crex 127 



9. Porzana carclina 134 



10. Laterallus jamaicensis 149 



11. CoTURNicops noveboracensis 171 



12. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans 181 



13. Porphyrula martinica 193 



14. Fulica americana 206 



15. Heliornis fulica 227 



16. Eurypyga helias 234 



