76 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[B479, C— R583, C670.] 



Geog. Dist. — Southern half of North America ; now rare near the 

 Atlantic coast, except in Georgia and Florida. 



Suborder RALLI. Rails, Gallinules, Coots, etc. 

 Family ARAMID^ZB. Courlans. 



Genus ARAMITS Vieillot. 



Aramus Vieill. Analyse, 1816, 58. Type, Ardea scolopacea 

 Gmel. 



207. Aramus giganteus (Bonap.). 



Limpkin. 



Rallus giganteus Bonap. Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. V. 1825, 31. 

 Aramus giganteus Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 657. 



[B 481, C 464, R 581, C 671.] 



Geog. Dist. — Florida, Greater Antilles, and both coasts of Central 

 America. 



Family RALLID.Si. Rails, Gallinules, and Coots. 



Subfamily RAI1LIN.S!. Rails. 



Genus RALLUS Linnaeus. 



Rallus Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 153. Type, R. aquaticus 

 Linn. 



208. Rallus elegans Aud. 



King Rail. 



Rallus elegans Aud. Orn. Biog. IIL 1835, 27, pi- 203. 



