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dd. Metasternum entire. 

 e. Occipital foramina, above foramen magnum, well developed. 



Grues (p. 4) 

 ee. No occipital foramina above the foramen magnum. 



Rhynocheti (extralimital) * 

 cc. Hallux absent ; metasternum 4-notched ; oil gland absent ; adult downs 



on apteria only; wing diastataxic Otides (extralimital)* 



aa. Palate desmognathous or aegithognathous. 

 &. Palate desmognathous; deep plantar tendons of type IV; complete ribs 5; 



wing eutaxic Cariamae (extralimital)* 



&b. Palate aegithognathous or nearly so Turnices (extralimital)* 



Suborder Grues: Cranes and Limpkins 



> Grues Ctjvieb, Regne Anim., ed. 2, i, 1829, 506. 



>Grues Fubbringer, Unters. Morph. Syst. Vog., ii, 1888, 1566 (includes Ca- 

 riamae). — Wetmobe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4; Smiths. 

 Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 6 (includes Ralli). 



<Grues American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 3d. ed., 1910, 100 (Gruidae 

 +Aramidae). 



<Gruidae FDrbringeb, Unters. Syst. Morph. Vog., ii, 1888, 1203 (Gruidae+Ara- 

 midae). 



=Gruidae Gadow, Classif. Vertebr., 1898, 34. 



= Gruidae Knowlton, Birds of World, 1909, 49, 327. 



<Gruidae Beddard, Struct, and Classif. Birds, 1895, 366 (Gruidae+Aramidae). 



= Gruoidea Siiufeldt, Anat. Rec, ix, Oct. 1915, 750. 



< Grues veri Miller (W. deW.), Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxiv, 1915, 132 

 (Gruidae+Aramidae) . 



>Megalornithes Wetmore and Miller (W. deW.), Auk, xliii, 1926, 342. 



''=Rhinochetes Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, ISO. =Rhinochetedes Sharpe, Rev. 

 Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 74. =Rhynocheti Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4; Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 6; xcix. No. 7, 

 1940, 6; Peters, Check List Birds of World, i, 1931, 215. =Rhinocheti Strese- 

 mann, Handb. Zool., vii, 1934, 769. 



*=Pedionomi Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, 54. > Otides Fiirbringer, Unters. Morph. 

 Syst. Vog., ii, 1888, 1566 (suborder of Charadriiformes ! ; includes Oedicnemi- 

 dae). = Otides Sharpe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 73; Hand-list, i, 1899, 

 xvi, 173 (suborder of Charadriiformes; Otididae only). — Wetmore, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4 ; Smiths. Misc. Coll. Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 7 ; xcix. 

 No. 7, 1940, 7.— Peters, Check List Birds of World, ii, 1934, 217. 



''=Cariamoideae Stejneger, Stand. Nat. Hist., iv, 1885, 119 in text. = Dicholophi 

 Sharpe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 74; Hand-list, i, 1899, 182. = Caria- 

 moidea Shufeldt, Anat. Rec, ix, 1915, 750. = Cariamae Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4; Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 7; xcix, No. 7, 

 1940, 7.— Peters, Check List Birds of World, ii, 1934, 216. 



'=Turnicomorphae Huxley, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 303. = Hemipodii 

 Sharpe, Rev. Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 69 ; Hand-list, i, 1899, 48. = Turnices 

 Wetmore and Miller, Auk, xliii, 1926, 342. — Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ixxvi, 

 art. 24, 1930, 4 ; Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxxix, No. 13, 1934, 6 ; xcix. No. 7, 1940, 6. 



