Class AVES. 

 Subclass Ratit^. 



StrutJiiones, Lath. Ind. Orn. II. p. 662, Ordo VI. (1790). 



RatitcB, Merrem, Abhandl. Akad. Wissensch. Berlin, 1812-13, Physik. Kl. 



p. 259. 

 Cursores, part, Illig. Prodr. p. 246 (181 1). 

 Proceri [{2,vi\\\\a), Illig. Prodr. p. 246 (181 1). 

 Megistanes (familia), Vieill. Analyse, p. 53 (1816). 

 Brevipenes (familia), Cuv. Regn. An. I. p. 459 (181 7). 

 Proceres, Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Tent. p. 151 (1872). 

 StrutJiioniformes, Seebohm, Classif. Bds. p. 44 (1890). 

 RatitcE, Sharpe, Classif. Bds. p. 67 (1891); id. Hand-List Bds. I. p. i 



(1899). 

 Palceognathce, Pycraft, Trans. Zool. Soc. xv. pp. 149-290, pis. Ixii-lv 



(1900). 



Order RHEIFORMES. ) 

 Sharpe, Classif Birds, p. 67 (1891) ; id. Hand-List Bds. I. p. i (1899). 



Family Rheid/E. 



Salvadori, Cat. Birds, Brit. Mus. XXVII. p. 570 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand- 

 List Bds. p. I (1899). 



Genus RHEA Latham. 



Type. 



Rhea, Lath. Ind. Orn., i. p. 665, gen. Ixiii. (1790) ; Bonn. 

 Enc. Meth. i. Introd. p. xcii (1790) ; Salvadori, Cat. 

 Bds. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 577 (1896); Sharpe, Hand- 

 List Bds. I, p. i (1899) R. aniericana. 



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