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/. GRUS, Linnaeus. Ckanes. 

 1. G. amerioanus, (L.) Ord. White oe Whooping 

 Ceanb. Adult pure white with black on wings; bare 

 part of head very hairy; young grayish, the head 

 feathered; L. 50; W. 24; T. 9; Ts. 12; B. 6. U. S., 

 rather southerly. 



3. G. canadensis, (L.) Temm. Beown oe Sand - Hill 

 Cbanb. Plumbeous gray, never whitening; head 

 sparsely hairy; smaller. U. S., chiefly S. and W. 



FAMILY LIX.— RALLID.^. 



(The Bails.) 

 Birds of medium or small size, with compressed bodies 

 and muscular legs. Wings and tail short. Hind toe 

 short and elevated; front toes very long. Bill various, 

 rather short. Plumage blended. Sexes alike. Species 

 about one hundred and fifty, of most parts of the world. 

 * Forehead feathered ; no frontal plate. (Rallin^.) 

 f Bill decurved, longer than head. . . . Rallus, 1. 

 tt Bill straight, shorter than head. . . . Porzana, 3. 

 ** Forehead covered with a broad, horny, frontal plate. 

 X Toes scarcely or not lohate. (Gallinttlin^.) 

 a. Nostrils linear; tarsus less than 3. . Galuitola, 3. 

 aa. Nostrils nearly circular; tarsus ahout 3. PoBPHmio, 2. 

 tj: Toes lobate, edged with broad flaps. (FcLicxNiE.) Fclica, 5. 



/. RALLUS, Linnseus. Rails, 

 1. R. Jongirostris, Bodd. Clappee Rail. Salt- 



Watee Maesh Hen. Olive brown, variegated with 



ashy; dull reddish brown below; L. 14 to 16; W. 6; T. 



2i; B. 3i; $ smaller. Salt marshes; rather southerly. 

 3. R. elegans, Aud. King Rail. Feesh-Watbb 



Maesh Hen. Brownish black, with chestnut below 



