CHARADRIAD^. 335 



GENUS CCCLX.— CREX, Beckstein. CRAKE. 

 Ortygometra mihi. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1 . p. 2 1 7. 



GENUS CCCLXL— ZAPORNIA, Leach. CRAKER. 

 Generic character : vide Steph, v. xii. ].p. 230. 



GENUS CCCLXIL— GALLINULA, Ray. GALUNULE. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 240. 



Ga. ruficollis. 



Rallus ruficollis. Steph, v. xii. l.p. 204. — Gallinula ruficollis. 

 Svoain. Zool. Illust. v. iii. p. 173. — Brazil. 



GENUS CCCLXIII.— PORPHYRIO, Brisson. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 249. 



GENUS CCCLXIV.— PODOA, Illiger. FINFOOT. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xiii. l.p. 20. 



GENUS CCCLXV.— FULICA Auctorum. COOT. 

 Generic character: vide Steph. v. xii. l.p. 233. 



FAMILY v.— CHARADRL\D^. 



Rostrum mediocre aut capite longior, obtusum vel acuticm, aut ad 



apicem cuneatum: digiti tres, jissi, aut externi basi membrana 



connext. 

 Beak moderate, or longer than the head, obtuse or acute, or 



wedge-shaped at the tip : toes three, cleft, or the outer ones 



united at the base by a membrane. 



These birds vary coniderably in their manner, 

 those of the first genus uniting admirably with the 



