GEUID^E. 587 



FAMILY. HELIORNITHID^E. 



HELIOKNIS. 



Heliornis, Bonnaterre, Tabl. Enc. Mdth. p. Ixxxiv. (1790). 

 2889. Heliornis Mica. 



Le Grebifoulque, de Cayenne, D'Aub. PI. Enl. 893, unde, 

 Colymbus fulica, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 54. 

 Heliornis fulica, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 469. 

 a South America (Gardner] 1845. b. 



SUBOEDEE. ALECTOEIDES. 



FAMILY. ARAMID.E. 



AEAMUS. 

 Aramus, Vieillot, Anal. p. 58 (1816). 



2870. Aramus scolopaceus. 



Ardea scolopacea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 647. 



Aramus scolopaceus, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii , p. 545. 



a (E. Brown) 1850. 



A South-American species. Scolopax guarana, Liun. which 

 Strickland I. s. c. says applies to this bird as an older name for it, is 

 now referred to a Plegadis. 



FAMILY. GRUID/E. 



GEUS. 

 Grus, Bechstein, Nat. Vog. Deutschl. ii. p. 60 (1793). 



2871. Grus communis. 



Ardea grus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 234. 



Grus communis, Bechst. 1. s. c. : Dresser, B. Eur. vii. p. 337, 

 pi. 505. 



Grus cinereus, Bechst. et auctt. Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, p. 101; 

 1850, p. 221. 



a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. 



A species of Europe and North Africa. 



