RALLID.E. 



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Order RALLIFORMES. 

 Family RALLIDJE. 



The members o£ this family are generally distinguisheJ liv 

 their laterally compressed bodies and long toes. The bill is of 



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liaUits Jongirostris. 

 Fig. 13. — To illustrate the shape of the bill and the form of the foot. 



various sliapes, being long in the true Rails, short»M- and stouter 

 in the Crakes, and very deep in the Gallinules, the last having 

 the nasal opening pierced in the horny sheath. 



The Hails are distriljuted over the greater portion of tin- known 



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