408 CLASS AVES. 



rugineous. Found in England. The Little Rail, 

 Montag. not Lath, Rallus Parvus. Scopoli. Zapor- 

 nia Minuta, Leach. Z. Pusilla^ Steph. Shaw. 

 Zool. xii. t. 28. 



Among these rails with short bills may be ranged. 



Rufous-breasted Gallinule. R. Cayannensis, Gm. 

 753. t. 368. 



Crown, rufous; rest, above, olive-brown; under, as far 

 as the thighs, rufous. Cayenne. Crecc Cayannensis, 

 Licht. 



Minute Gallinule. R. Minutus, Enl. 847- 



Above, brown ; wing-coverts black, spotted with 

 white ; beneath, dusky-yellow. Cayenne. 



Jamaica Gallinule. R. Jamaicensis. Vieill. 



Head and throat, black ; above, rufous-brown, crossed 

 with blackish streaks ; foreneck and breast, bluish-ash, 

 thence to vent, barred white and brown. Jamaica. 



Yellow-breasted Gallinule, R. Noveboracensis. Vieill 

 Gal. 266. 



Black, skirted with rusty, cross lined with white ; 

 beneath, yellowish-rusty ; lower wing-coverts, white. 

 Bonap. Amer. Orn. cij.t. 24. Fulica Noveboracensis, 

 Gmel. R. Ruficollis, Vieill. fig. bad. Per dice Hud- 

 sonica. Lath. America. 



R. Nigrolateralis, Licht. 



Not described. 



Soree Gallinule, R. Carolinus, Edw. 144. Wils. 

 48. 2. 



Olive-brown, skirted with black ; back and wings. 



