ORDER GRALL^. 333 



We can place no where else than between the 

 Cranes and the Herons, 



Scolopaceous Heron. Lath. A. Scolopax. Gm. Enl. 

 482, of which bird M. Vieillot has made his 

 genus Arainus. Gal. 252. and Spix. pi. 91, calls it 

 Rallus Ardeoides. 



This has the bill rather thinner, and more cleft than 

 that of the Cranes, swelling out toward the latter part 

 of its length. The toes, which are all long, have no 

 web. It has the manner and appearance of the 

 herons ; and the plumage is brown, with white spots 

 on the neck. Wagler has changed the name to 

 Notherodius Guarauna ; the Ouarauna of Maregrave ; 

 the Rallus Gi'gas, of Lichtenstein ; and Aramus 

 CaraUi Vieill. from the Carau of Azara, n. 3QQ. The 

 Rallus Giganteus of Charles Bonaparte, (not Scolo- 

 pax Guarauna of Linn.) 



EURYPYGA. Illig. 



A name which M. Vieillot has changed into Helios, 

 Ardea Helias. L. Enl. 702. 



In which the bill is thinner, than that of the 

 Cranes, but furnished with similar nasal fossae, is 

 cleft as far as below the eyes, as in the heron ; but it 



♦ This dentation of the middle claw is also found in the BoatbUl and 

 the Scopus ; as the first are the Heron with dilated bill, the latter have 

 those in the most compressed. 



