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Genus ARAMIDES Pucheran 



Aramides Pucheran, Rev. Zool., vol. 8, August 1845, p. 277. Type, by origi- 

 nal designation, Fulica cayennensis Gmelin. 



Aramides cajanea (Muller) : Wood Rail 

 Fulica Cajanea P. L. S. Muller, Natursyst. Suppl., 1776, p. 119. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene: Seminole Field, Pinellas 

 County, Florida. 



Genus NESOTROCHIS Wetmore 



Ncsotrochis Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 54, Nov. 21, 1918, p. 516. 

 Type, by original designation, Nesotrochis dcbooyi Wetmore. 



Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore 



Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 54, Nov. 21, 1918, 

 p. 516, pi. 82. 



Recent (extinct) :^^ Archeological sites on St. Thomas ^^ and St. 

 Croix, Virgin Islands ; and at Barrio Canas, near Ponce ; cavern 

 deposits in Cueva Clara and Cueva San Miguel, near Morovis ; Cueva 

 Torano, and a cave on Hacienda Jobo, near Utuado, Puerto Rico. 



Subfamily GALLINULINAE: Gallinules 



Genus PORPHYRULA Blyth 



Porphyriila Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc, 1849 (1852), p. 283. Type, 

 by monotypy, P. chloronotus Blyth = Porphyria alleni Thomson. 



Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus) : Purple Gallinule 

 Fulica martinica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. i, 1766, p. 259. 



Modern form reported from Pleistocene : Haile, Alachua County, 

 Florida. 



Genus GALLINULA Brisson 



GaUinula Brisson, Orn., 1760, vol. i, p. 50; vol. 6, p. 2. Type, by tautonymy 

 Gallinula Brisson == Fulica chloropus Linnaeus. 



Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus) : Common Gallinule 



Fulica Chloropus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat, ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 152. 



Modern form reported from Upper Pliocene (Hagerman lake 

 beds) : Near Hagerman, Idaho. From Pleistocene : ''° Seminole Field, 



S8 Included here as it has not been found in living form, being known only 

 from bones. Possibly the species lived until Spanish colonial times. 



^^ Type locality a kitchen midden at Magen's Bay, on the north coast of 

 St. Thomas. 



^0 Reported from Pleistocene at Haile, Alachua County, Florida, on basis of a 



