BIKDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLK AMBKICA 39 



recurrent slip to tensor patagii longus'"; no distal pji labial fan; 

 expansor seoiladarionim muscle present s^; biceps slip usually present 

 but small -; an.vr.Aeus with a humeral slip; dorsal apterion long, 

 uarrow: aitershaft present; powder downs absent; oil gland usually 

 tufted; wing dias:ataxic (aquincubital) ; rectrices 10-14. 

 The suborder Ealli contains a single family, the Rallidae. 



Family RALLIDAE : Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 



=MacrodaeiTH Vexllot, Analyse, 1816, 61. 



=Ram^ ljii.TEst«e. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 445.— Baibd, Bkew(.h, and 

 BiDGWAT. Water Birds North Amer., i, 1884, 3.50. — Coues, Key North 

 »mpr BiT'ls. ed. 2. 1S&4. 669. — Stej>-bgeb, Stand. Nat. Hist, iv, 1885, 127, 

 ia rexi. — ^AMSSicix 02>-rrHQU)6isTs' Ukion, Check List, 1886, 140; ed. 3, 

 It^ia ICil — Sh^sjs. Cat. Birds Brit Mus., xxiil, 1894, is, 1; Hand-llKt, i, 

 1399. lil S?- — SjJ-txs and Godxas, BioL Centr.-Amer., Aves, 111, 1903, 

 SI-.— K>:^^^:: . Birii of World, 1909, 49, 320. 



<l;il!5fis < ^ii? T Bar. Er-:. An. Classtf. Birds, 1891, 70 (excludes "Galli- 

 nuJiiie- izjc. -i?rrvgviceiridae") . 



>Si:iiiae CtiTS- Hi^io. ZooL, 1, lS6S-7o, 339 (includes Heliornithidae 

 ai3d Axssidae!). 



=EiI!;aii JriHixvSi^ UnTtrs- Morph. Sy-t. Vog., U, 1888, 1237.— Oadow, 

 Breeds Ttja- Rrii, v:;?.. ii, 1891, ISl: Classlf. Vertebr., 1898, 34.— 

 HiiErscr. ~:.£ jeL Fajina, iii, 1921, 1^3. — ^Wetmoee and Mhxee, Auk, 

 vwv lai-. ;^l— WsntoEiE. Proc. C. S. Nat Mu.?., Ixxvi, art. 24, 1930, 4; 

 Rirrtrhi; lE^ 0!t_ XTTJT. No. 13, 1934, 6 ; xcis. No. 7, 1940, 6,— Petees. 

 Obeii-lis: Zir-fs :-t World, ii, 1934, 157. 



=^■ -"-111!^ ~ -Tm 2.a. PiiJiiic- B. B. .SuTT., is, 1S.58, 7i6. 

 XEFTTtni?- i_jrr£ ~.i~ '~". ZooL, i. ISoS-TS, 339 (includes Aramidae!; excludes 

 G-L~iBuUi. 7tu^i^. ariz. I . 



<lRaIBn» C^Em. 3tnib, Z-j-f... i, l'>6^75. 339 (excludes GallmulfJ. FuUca, 

 ■eTc — T^ATBT 'nvvjiiL and Bidgway, Water Birds North Amer., i, 1884, 

 S2 »fixeinnis ^jMm/ala. PorphyriUa, Fulica, etc.). — Coves, Key North 

 -.TTter. I'.jria. ^l 2. liSrt, >5T0 (excludes GuUinula, Porphyrula, etc). — 

 ^'fmnz^ l-iD-^iiHxoeiiTs' Cnios. Check list 1886, 14fj: ed. 3, 1910, 

 IttL t[SEJTjfc4?t GtHiuulin. Porphyrula, Fuli<-a. etc.). — .^Hii;pE. Hand-list 

 i l^St r^ "X leretTides only FuJica, PalaeoUnm<i4!. and I/<"5'u<ztio>. — 

 ii^^TT i^iS 'ScE/Mix. BioL Oentr.-Amer., atps. iil. 1903, al5 (excludes 



><G- r~'Trr ,'77; « fe >;^Lir=. Handb. ZooL. L lS6i-7j. 340 (tDcludeg Heliomimida*;. 



<'G- f " -^ ■ ^T^ . K Ejjsi. Bbewis, and Bnxrw^T. Water Birds North Ani-r., 1, 

 l^bt 351 G-2JUmmJ<i—Porphyrula). — Cottes. Key North Amer. Birds, 

 ^t. — 1^94. "i^' (GnHimiJ^j—Pcrphgrvla). — AicEEiGis Oesithm^ogists" 

 rsMS. C.:.rji: Li?: X.Trth Ajner. Birds, 1S86. 143; ed- 3, 1910, 105 

 > GitOauiie-^Por^ pnOm ) . 



<GEffinifl;aE SsAEPi. £fr. Bee. An Claasif. Elri^ l^irO. TO (GaOuivia, Por- 

 prijrruia, F-h'iv.-a. &e.) 



<Or-yE-TLii^as Shaepe. E-t" Bee. An. Ciasslf. EL-d£ l¥-a. TC' 



■"ISfise tteua e UigE ^Kred by HeLorciiies. 



I'i'. - — 81 1 



