146 rallidjE. 



Harvie-Brown, 'The Capercaillie in Scotland/ 1879). It 



extends through the pine-forests of Northern and Central 

 Europe. 



Order HEMIPODII. 



Genus TURNIX, Bonnaterre, Encyl. Meth. i. p. 5 (1790). 



Tumix, shortened from Cotwrnix, q. v., to show it was a mutilated form, 

 wanting the hind toe. 



Turnix sylvatica. Andalusian Hbmipode. 



Tetrao sylvaticus, Desfontaines , Mem. de PAcad. 

 Koy. des Sciences, Paris, p. 500 (1789). 



Turnix atricanus, Gray, p. 138. 



Hemipodius tachydromus, Yarr. ed. 2 ii. p. 408; id. ed. 3, 



ii. p. 421. 

 Turnix africanus, Gould, iv. pi. 16. 

 Turnix sylvatica. Hurting, p. 130; Dresser, vii. p. 249; 



Saunders, iii. p. 131. 

 sylvatica =^ found in woods, sitvis. 



Three examples are said to have been obtained in England. 

 It is a local resident in Southern Spain, Sicily, and North 

 Africa. 



Order FULICARI.a:. 



Family RALLID^. 

 Genus RALLUS, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 261 (1766). 



Eallus, the latinized form of the French Edle (spelt Basle in Bflon, 1555) 

 our Bail, Dutch Eal ; akin to rattle. 



Eallus aquaticus. Water-Rail. 

 Rallus aquaticus, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 262 (1766). 

 Rallus aquaticus, Naum. ix. p. 472 ; Macff. iv. p. 521 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 373; Gray, p. 177; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 110; 



