AORTIC ARCHES OF BIRDS — GLENNY 



569 



Species studied 



By Glcnny 



Aramus scolopaceus pictus (F. A. A. Meyer) 



Family Psophiidae 



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

 mentum botalli present or reduced to a linea botalli; vertebrals and 

 superficial cervicals arise separately from the common carotid artery, 

 but may have a common root in some instances. 



Species studied 



By Glenny 



Psophia leucoptera Spix 



Family Rallidae 



Carotids A-1; types 2, 3, and 4 thoracic artery; type A coracoid 

 artery; ligamentum botalli present or reduced in a few species, but 

 generally lacking; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise separately 

 from the common carotid, or rarely from a short common root from 

 the common carotid. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Rallus aquaticus Linn^ 



Ocydromus sylvestris=Tricholimnas syl- 



vestris (Sclater) 

 Ar amides cayennensis = Ar amides 



cajanea (P. L. S. Miiller) 

 Crcx pratensis = Crex crex (Linne) 

 Porzana americuna — Porzana Jlavivenlcr 



(Boddaert) 

 Porzana carolinensis = Porzana Carolina 



(Linn6) 

 Gallinula chloropus (Linn^) 

 Porphyria rnadagascariensis (Latham) 

 Porphyria poliocephalus melanotus Tem- 



rainck 



By Glenny 

 Rallus longirostris saturaius Ridgway 



Ailantisia rogersi Lowe 

 Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sclater) 

 Ortygonax rytirhynchos (Vieillot) 

 Cyanolimnas cerverai Barbour and Peters 

 Aramides cajanea (P. L. S. Miiller) 

 Limnocorax flavirostra (Swainson) 

 Porzana Carolina (Linn6) 

 Porzanula palmeri Frohawk 

 Coturnicops noveboracensis (Gmelin) 

 Neocrex erythrops (Sclater) 

 Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot) 

 Amaurornis phoenicurus javanica (Hors- 



field) 

 Gallinula chloropus cachinnans Bangs 

 Porphyrula martinica (Linn6) (2) 

 Porphyria porphyria (Linn^) 

 Porphyria poliocephalus melanotus Tem- 



minck 

 Fulica americana Gmelin (3) 



Family Heliornithidae 

 No information available. 



Family Rhynochetidae 



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

 ligamentum botalli complete; vertebrals and superficial cervicals arise 

 separately from the common carotid. 



