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References: Beddard, 1898; GaiTod, 1873; Glermy 1940a, 1945d, 

 1947b; Wetmore, 1951. 



Family Mesoenatidae 



Carotids A-1; type 1 thoracic artery; ligamentum botalli remains 

 as a liiiea botalli; vertebrals and superficial cervicals have a common 

 root in Monias benschi and Mesoenas unicolor, but are separate in 

 Mesoenas variegata. 



The clavicles in these bhds are reduced to a small bone, the epi- 

 cleidum, and a ligamentous vestige of the corpus claviculi (class 3 

 clavicle) (Glenny and Friedmann, 1954). 



Species studied 

 By Glenny 



Mesoenas variegata (Goeffroy) Monias benschi Oustajet and Grandi- 



Mesoenas unicolor (Des Murs) dier 



Family Turnicidae 



Carotids B-4-s; type 1 thoracic artery; ligamentum botalli absent; 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals have a common root from the 

 common carotid artery. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Hemipodius tachydromus—Turnix sylvatica (Desfontaines) 



By Glenny 

 Turnix tanki blanfordi Blyth (2) | Turnix suscitalor suscitator (Gmelin) 



Family Pedionomidae 



Carotids A-1, according to Wetmore (1951). 



Family Gruidae 



Carotids A-1; type A and type E coracoid artery; type 1 thoracic 

 artery; ligamentum botalli reduced to a linea botalli or absent; 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise separately from the common 

 carotid arteries. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 

 Grus antigone (Linne) | Anthropoides paradisea (Lichtenstein) 



Family Aramidae 



Carotids A-1; type B coracoid artery; type 1 thoracic artery; 

 ligamentum botalli present or reduced to a linea botalli; origin of the 

 vertebrals and superficial cervicals variable. 



