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recurrent slip to tensor patagii longus ^^ ; no distal patagial fan ; 

 expansor secundarioriim muscle present ^^ ; biceps slip usually present 

 but small"-; anconaeus with a humeral slip; dorsal apterion long, 

 narrow ; aftershaft present ; powder downs absent ; oil gland usually 

 tufted; wing diastataxic (aquincubital) ; rectrices 10-14. 

 The suborder Ealli contains a single family, the Rallidae. 



Family RALLIDAE : Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



=Macrodactyli Vieillot, Analyse, 1S16, 61. 



=Rallid8e Lilljeboeg, Proc. Zool. Soe. Loudon, 1866, 445. — Baikd, Brewee, and 

 RiDGWAY, Water Birds North Araer., i, 1884, 350. — Coxjes, Key North 

 Amer. Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 669.— Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist., iv, 1885, 127, 

 in text. — Ameeican Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 140; ed. 3, 

 1910, 101.— Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, ix, 1; Hand-list, i, 

 1899, xii, 93. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 

 315.— Knowlton, Birds of World, 1909, 49, 320. 



<Rallidje Shaepe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 70 (excludes "Galli- 

 nulidae" and "Ortygometridae" ) . 



>Rallidae Cabus. Handb. Zool., i, 1868-75, 339 (includes Heliornithidae 

 and Aramidae!). 



=Rallidae FiiRBEiNOER, Unters. Morph. Syst. Vog., ii, 1888, 1237. — Gadow, 

 Bronu's Thier Reich, Vog., ii, 1891, 181; Classif. Vertebr., 1898, 34.— 

 Haeteet, Vog. pal. Fauna, iii, 1921, 1823. — Wetmoee and Miixek, Auk, 

 xliii, 1926, 342.— Wetmobe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4; 

 Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1931, 6; xcix. No. 7, 1940, 6.— Petebs, 

 Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 157. 



=Rallinse Baikd, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 746. 

 XRallinse Caeus, Handb. Zool., i, 1868-75, 339 (includes Aramidae!; excludes 

 GaUimila, FuUca, etc.). 



<Rallin8e Cabus, Handb. Zool., 1, 1868-75, 339 (excludes Gallinula, Fulica, 

 etc.). — Baied, Brewee, and Ridgway, Water Birds North Amer., i, 1884, 

 351 (excludes Gallinula, Porphynila, Fulica, etc.). — Coues, Key North 

 Amer., Birds, ed. 2, 1884, 670 (excludes Gallinula, Porphynila, etc.). — 

 Ameeican Oenithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, 140; ed. 3, 1910, 

 101 (excludes Gallinula, Porplujrula, Fulica, etc.). — Shaepe, Hand-list, 

 i, 1899, xii, 93 (excludes only Fulica, PalaeoUmnas, and Leguatia). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 315 (excludes 

 Fulica). 

 XGallinulinae Cabus, Handb. Zool., i, 1868-75, 340 (includes Heliornithidae). 



<Gallinulin{e Baird, Bbewer, and Ridgway, Water Birds North Amer., i, 

 1884, 351 {Gallinula+Porphyrula). — Coues, Key North Amer. Birds, 

 ed. 2, 1884, 675 {Galliutila+Porphyrula). — ^Americian Ornithologists' 

 Union, Check List North Amer. Birds, 1886, 143; ed. 3, 1910, 105 

 ( Gallinula + Porphynila ) . 



<Gallinulid8e Sharpe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 70 {Gallinula, Por- 

 phyrula, Fulica, etc.) 



< Ortygometridae Shaepe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 70. 



*^T'hese characters shared by Heliornithes. 



^Said to be absent in Ocydromus (earlei) and Limnopardalis (maculatus) . 

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