408 Mr. P. L. Sclater on the present 
14. GERANOMORPHA. 
In the ‘ Nomenclator’ I have placed the Rails next after 
the Gallme, to which they show manifest symptoms of 
relationship, under Prof. Huxley’s title Geranomorphe™, 
and divided them into two suborders, for which I have used 
Nitzsch’s names Fulicariz and Alectorides. In the last edi- 
tion of the ‘ List of Animals’ (1879) I have added the Bustards 
and Cranes and considered these suborders as orders, which is 
perhaps the most natural plan, although Aramus is certainly 
intermediate between the two groups. After Prof. Garrod’s 
investigations, however +, we must, I think, allow that Aramus 
is essentially more nearly allied to the Gruide. 
The familes of these two orders will therefore accordingly 
stand somewhat as follows :— 
FULICARIA. ALECTORIDES. 
Rallidee. Aramidee. 
Heliornithide. Eurypygide. 
Gruide. 
Psophiide. 
Cariamide. 
Otidee. 
By placing the Otide last we obtain a more gentle transition 
to the Limicole through Cidicnemus. 
15. Limicoua. 
The Limicole or Scolopacine of Nitzsch (Charadriomorphe 
of Huxley) form a very natural group with but small ptery- 
lographic differences. They also exhibit a characteristic 
form of skeleton and a well-marked type of schizognathous 
palate. In the ‘ Nomenclator’ I have assigned the following 
families to this order :— 
1. Gidicnemidee. 4, Chionididee. 
2. Parridee. 5. Thinocoridee. 
3, Charadriidee. 6. Scolopacidee. 
* P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 457. 
t P. Z. 8. 1876, p. 275 
