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Rallidse. 



[including Oallinula, Fulica, Aramus, Notornis, Aphanapteryx, etc.] 



1717. LiMPRECHT, J. A. De Fulica recentiorum minore Gesneri. <^Ephem. Acad. 

 Nat. Cur., Cent. 5 et 6, 1717, pp. 212-217. 

 Hand mihi cognitus : titulus e Caro et Engelm. 

 1721. HoFFMA2^N, M. De Fulica dissecta. <^Epliem. Acad. Nat. Cur., Cent. 9 et 10, 

 1721, App., pp. 469,470. 

 Non miMobvius : titulus e Caro et Engelm. 

 1734. Perrault, C. Description anatomique d'une Poule Sultaue [Porphyrio]. 

 < M4m. de VAcad. Boy. des Sci. flepviis 1666 jusq. 1699, iii, x)t. iii, 1734, pp. 50- 

 57, pll. 11, 12. 

 1744-50. Hasselquist, F. Fulica. Linnaei Syst. Nat. p. 28. <^ Acta Beg. Sog. Sci. 

 TJpsal., V, 1744-50, pp. 22, 23. 

 Haud iniM obvia. 

 1757. Perrault, C. Anatomisclie Beschreibung einer Sultanshenne [Porpliyrio], 



<^Ahhandl. Konicjl. Franzosisch. Akad. , ii, 1757, pi^. 277 . 



Mir nicht zugiinglicli. — Teutsch. Ubers. d. Mem. de I' Acad. Paris, iri, pt. iii, 1734, p. 30. 



1813. Ljungh, S. I. En ny Fogel, Rallus Paykullii, beskrifveu. <; Eongl. Vetensk. 

 Acad. Randl., 1813, pp. 258-260, pi. v. 



1817. Barton, B. S. Some Account of the Tantalus Epliouskyca [sp. n.], a rare Am- 

 erican Bird. <^ Trans. Linn. Soc, xii, j)t. i, 1817, pp. 24-27, pi. i. 



This is tbe "Crying-bird" of Bartram, Trav. inFla., ed. of 1791, p. 147, " Tantalus pictus" 

 ibid., p. 2^Z= Aramus giganteus Bp. = J., pictus, Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad., 1875, p. 354. 



1821. Fleming, J. On the Water-Rail [Rallus aquaticus]. <^Mem. Wernerian Nat. 

 Hist. >Soc., iii, 1821, pp. 174-182. (Read Nov. , 1819. ) 



Notes a spine on tbe wing of Rallus aquaticus, and consequently associates the genus with 

 Parra and Palamedea. Monographic account of the species, followed by a synoptical view 

 of the British species of Hallits, Ortygometra, Gallinula, and Fulica. 



1823. Morrison, — . Hybernation of the Corncrake (Rallus Crex [Crex pratensis]). 

 <^Edinb. FMlos.Journ., viii, 1823, pp. 414, 415. 

 Three individuals stated to have been found torpid in a heap of manure. 



1829. " B." Rallus aquaticus. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. , ii, 1829, p. 302. 



Complaint of the figure given, op. cit, i, p. 289. 



1830. Anon. Spur on the wing of the Rallus Crex [Crex pratensisj. <^Edinl}. Neio 



Philos. Journ., viii, 1830, j). 204. 

 See above, 1821, Fleming, J. 



1831. Brehm, C. L. DiekleineneuroxiMschenRohrhfihner [Porzana spp. ]. <^0ken'8 



Isis, Bd. xxiv, 1831, pp. 705-710. 



Gallinula minuta Br. ; G. minutissima, Peth6nyi und Brehm. Vergleichung der G. pusilla 

 und O. minutissima. 



1832. "A. B." A white Water-Rail [Rallus aquaticus]. <:^ Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 



Y, 1832, p. 384. 



1832. Allis, T. Food of the Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus Linn. ). <^ Loudon's Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., V, 1832, p. 732. 



1832. Anon. The Gallinule (Gallinula chloropus Latham), a Percher, and excellent 

 for Food. < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., v, 1832, pp. 381, 382, 



1832. "A. R. Y." The Gizzard of the Corncrake (Rallus crex L., Ortygometra crex 

 Fleming [Crex pratensis]). < Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., v, 1832, pp. 731, 732. 



