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The Grallatores are divided into three orders: Cursores, 

 with four sii])orders: Liiuieolae (families Charadriidae (sub- 

 families Chioniiiae, Ilaematopinae, Cursoriinae, Charadriinae 

 and Oedicneminae), Dromadidae (African), Scolopacidae 

 (subfamilies Himantopodinae, Totaninae and Scolopaeiuae) ; 

 suborder Calamieolae (families Eallidae (subfamilies Rallinae, 

 Gallinulae and Fulicinae), Aramidae, Jacanidae, Eurypygi- 

 dae and ]\Iesitidae) ; suborder Arvieolae (families Otididae 

 and Gruidae) ; suborder Palamedeae (families Palamedeidae). 

 Order Pelopatidae, with one family : Phoenicopteridae. Order 

 Grcssores, five families : Ibididae, Ciconiidae, Seopidae, Balae- 

 nicipidae and Ardeidae. 



This row is very complete, though we would like to have 

 seen Himantopus mexicanus, Totanus flavipes and Totanus 

 solitarius mentioned, as well as others. The very peculiar 

 form, Numenius tahitiensis, should certainly not have been 

 omitted. Several Japanese forms are also missing which we 

 would like to have seen embodied in the work. Nycticorax 

 nycticorax is not distinguished from naevius, and here the 

 Reviewer thinks Dr. Reichenow right and our American orni- 

 thologists wrong. 



The Cutinares are divided into five very different orders : 

 1. Deserticolae, with three families, none of which is ne- 

 arctic. 2. Crypturi, with one family, neotropical. 3. Rasores. 

 with five families, of which the second Cracidae is represented 

 in our fauna by the Chachalaca, the fifth and sixth by the 

 Grouse, Quails and Partridges. Here the wrong name, Pedio- 

 caetes, appears again instead of Pediocoetes, while we know 

 that Baird originally and correctly wrote Pediocoetes, as Dr. 

 Gill has pointed out in the "Auk." 4. Gyrantes, the Pigeons, 

 with four families, of which the second and third only are 

 found in the nearctic region. Of Chamaepelia no subspecies 

 are given, and the Island of Jamaica is the only habitat men- 

 tioned. Leptoptila is, of course, spelled correctly, and not 

 wrong, like in our check list, but not attributed to the ne- 

 arctic region, as is the case with several others. 5. Raptatores. 

 two orders. Aecipitres and Striges. The former order has four 

 families: Cathartidae, Vulturidae, Serpentariidae and Fal- 



