RALLIDA. 357 
Famiry RALLIDZA. Rails. 
Feet very large. Bill in general short, and greatly com- 
pressed. Tail excessively short, nearly hidden by the 
covers. Hinder toe elevated. 
Parra, Linn. Jamana, or Spur-wing. (fig. 309.) Bill 
straight, slender, mo- oe 
derate. Feet very long. f 
Toes and claws of 
enormous length ; the 
latter straight or re- 
curved. Carpus gene- 
rally armed with acute spurs. Typical. 
P. Africana. Zool. Ill. ii. pl. 6. 
Porruyrio, Briss. Sultana. Bill short, strong, high ; 
head; the culmen arched. Nostrils large, basal, 
covered by a membrane,’ naked ;. the aperture ter- 
minal, and oval. Feet very large. ‘Toes without any 
lateral membrane. Claws large, slightly curved. 
Subtypical. (fig. 310.) | 
P. smaragnotus. Tem.Man. Americanus.* Wil. 75. f. 2. 
ii. p. 700. \ albus. White’s Voy. pl. 27. 
Fouica, Linn. Coot. (fig.311.) Billas in Porphyrio, but 
more slender: the base straight: the gonys short and 
large. The toes margined with 
=e 311 
* The Gallinula Martinica of Latham, but a true Porphyrio. 
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