CONTENTS IX 



Order Gkuifobmes : Cranelike birds — Continued. 

 Suborder Ralll — Continued. 



Family Rallidae — ^Continued. Pag« 



Genus GalUnula Brisson 180 



Key to the American forms of GuUinula chloropus (Lin- 

 naeus) 182 



GalUnula chloropus cachinnans Bangs 184 



GalUnula chloropus cerceris (Bangs) 190 



Genus Porphyrula Blyth 192 



Key to the species of Porphyrula 195 



Porphyrula martinica (Linnaeus) 196 



Genus Fulica Linnaeus 204 



Key to North and Middle American forms of Fulica-- 207 



Fulica atra atra Linnaeus 207 



Fulica americana americana GmeUn 213 



Fulica americana grenadensis Riley 221 



Fulica caribaea Ridgway 222 



Suborder Hbliornithes 224 



Family HeUomithidae 225 



Key to the genera of Heliornithidae 226 



Genus Heliornis Bonnaterre 226 



Heliornis fulica (Boddaert) 228 



Suborder Eurtptgae 232 



Family Eurypygidae 233 



Genus Eurypyga Illiger 233 



Key to the subspecies of Eurypyga helias (Pallas) 235 



Eurypyga helias major 'Ra.Ttla.nh 236 



FIGURES ILLUSTRATING GENERIC DETAILS 



1. Getjs canadensis canadensis 7 



2. Akamits scolopaceus pictus 29 



3. Ralltjs limicola limicola , 46 



4. Ctanolimnas cerverai 99 



5. Pabdiralltjs maculatus maculatus 101 



6. Amatjbolimnas ooncolor concolor 106 



7. Abamides cajanea cajanea 112 



8. Crbx crex 127 



9. PoRZANA Carolina 134 



10. Lateralltts jamaicensis 149 



11. CoTURNicops noveboracensis 171 



12. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans 181 



13. PoBPHTRTTLA martinica 193 



14. Ftjuca americana 206 



15. Heliornis fulica 227 



16. Etjrtptga helias 234 



