

Class AVES. 

 Subclass RATIT^E. 



* 



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



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



p. 259. 



Cursores, part, Illig. Prodr. p. 246 (1811). 

 Proceri (familia), Illig. Prodr. p. 246 (1811). 

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

 Brevipenes (familia), Cuv. Regn. An. I. p. 459 (1817). 

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

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

 Ratitee, 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. americana. 



(i) 



354 G36 



