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fVingf  moderate,  with  the  first  two  quills  graduated,  and  the 
third  the  longest.  Tail  short  and  rounded.  Tibia?  naked  for 
some  distance  above  the  knee.  Tarsi  longer  than  the  middle 
toe,  rather  slender,  and  covered  with  transverse  scales.  Toes 
long  and  slender,  and  the  fore  toes  entirely  divided  at  their 
base ;  the  outer  toe  longer  than  the  inner  ;  the  hind  toe  half 
the  length  of  the  inner,  and  partly  resting  on  the  ground. 
The  typical  species  of  this  genus  is  found  in  the  tropical 
parts  of  America,  and  the  West  Indies  ;  where  it  chiefly 
lives  on  the  arid  plains,  carefully  concealing  itself  in  the  herbage, 
amongst  which  it  walks  with  great  agility,  and  is  sometimes 
observed  perched  on  the  high  trees.  If  disturbed,  it  commences 
moving  its  tail  with  rapidity,  and  then  starts  suddenly  to  a  great 
elevation  in  the  air.  Its  food  consists  principally  of  frogs  and 
insects.    The  nest  is  formed  on  the  ground, among  the  herbage. 
A.  scolopaceus  (Gmel.)  PI.  enl.  848  Aramus  carua  Vieill.; 
Rallus  guarauna  ///. ;  R.  gigas  Licht  ;  R.  ardeo'ides  Spix, 
Av.  Bras.  t.  91.;  R.  giganteus  Pr.  Bonap.  Amer.  Orn.  pi.  26. 
f.  2.;  Notherodius  guarauna  Wagl.  Azara,  No.  366. 
Ortygometra  _/??mn'/iea.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  79- 
O.  palustris.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  80. 
594.  O.  noveboracensis.  Add :  Pr.  Bonap.  Am.  Orn.  pi.  27.  f- 
2. 
Refer  to  O.   .  —  Rallus  minutus  var.  Lath.  Gosse,  B. 
of  Jam.  p.  372. 
Aramides  immaculatus.  Read :  A.  nigricans  (Vieill.). — 
Rallus  immaculatus  Licht.  &c. 
Refer  to  : 
595.  Eulabeornis  ?  abyssinica.    Add  :  Rallus  Rougettii  Guer. 
Corethrura  olivacea.    Add  :  Rallus  bicolor  Blackw. 
C.  ecaudata.     Add:  Rallus  poliotis  Temm.} 
C.  quadristrigata.    Add  :  Rallus  4-striatus  Licht. 
C.  tabuensis.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  82. 
Refer  to  C.  leucophrys  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  81. 
596.  Ocydromus  brachypterus,  a  variety  of  O.  australis. 
Add  as  a  species  : 
O.  fuscus  (Dubus),  Esquis.  Ornith.  t.  11. 
598.  Porphyrio  madagascariensis  is  probably  the  same  as  P. 
veterum.  Add :  Porphyrio  erythropus  Steph. ;  Fulica  por- 
phyrio Forst. 
P.  melanotus.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr  pi.  69. 
P.  martinicus.     Add:  Porphyrio  americanus  Swains. 
599.  Tribonyx  Morticri.  Add  :  Dubus,  Esquis.  Ornith.  t.  5., 
Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  71. 
T.  ventralis.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  72. 
Gallinula  crassirostris.   Add  :  Type  of  Porphyriops  Pucher. 
(1845). 
Add  as  species : 
G.  tenebrosa  Gould,  Proc.  Z.  S.  1846.  p.,  B.  of  Austr.  pi. 
G.  kioloides  Pucher.  Rev.  Zool.  1845.  p.  279- 
G.  nigra  (Gmel.). — Rallus  sethiops  Forst.  Icon.  ined.  132.; 
R.  carinatus  et  Gallinula  flavirostris  Swains.  B.  of  W.  Afr. 
ii.  pi.  28. 
600.  Fulica.    Add  a  new  species,  as  : 
F.  australis  Gould,  Proc.  Z.S.  1845.  p.2.,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  74. 
603.  Pha?nicopterus  ignicapillus.    Add:  Azara,  No.  3 1 6. 
604.  Ansei  anas  melanoleuca.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  2. 
Plectroprerus  gambensis.    Add:  Mus.  Senck.  iii.  t.  1. 
605.  Sarkidioinis  regiu.  Add:  Azara,  No.  428.;  Anas  carun- 
culata  III. 
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?  S.  sibilatrix,  synonymous  with  Mareca  chiloensis. 
Chenalopex  cegyptiacus.     Add :    Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi. 
353. 
C.  montanus.    Add:  Forst.   Descr.  Anim.  p.  44.,  Icon, 
ined.  6'9,  70. 
C.  jubatus.    Add:   Knowsl.   Menagr.  pi.  15.;   Type  of 
Chenonetta  Brandt  (1836). 
C.  lophotus  (Brandt). 
606.  Cereopsis  nova  hollandice.     Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  1 . 
607.  Anser  segctum.    Add:  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  348. 
A.  erythropus.    Add  :  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  349-,  Audub,  B.  of 
Amer.  pi.  286. 
A.  Bruchii.    Separate  Anas  medius  Temm.  and  add  to  A. 
brevirostris. 
A.  brevirostris.     Add  :  Anas  Temminckii  Boic. 
A.  hyperboreus.    Add:  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  346.,  Audub. 
B.  of  Amer.  pi.  381. 
Bernicla  Brenta.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  352.,  Au- 
dub. B.  of  Amer.  pi.  391. 
B.  kucopsis.    Add:  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  350.,  Audub. 
B.  of  Amer.  pi.  296. 
B.  inornata.    Erase  Anas  cana  Gmel.    Add :  Voy.  Ereb. 
and  Terr.  Birds,  pi.  24 
B.  ruficollis.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  351. 
B.  anticola,  &c,  are  synonymous  with  B.  melanoptera. 
608.  B.  canadensis.    Add:  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  201. 
B.  Hutchinsii.    Add  :  Audub.  B.  of  Amer.  pi.  277- 
Add  as  a  species : 
B.  cyanoptera  Riipp.  Syst.  Uebers.   Vog.  Nord-Ost  Afr. 
t.  47. 
Refer  to  B.  nigricans  Lawr.  Lyc.  New  York,  1847.  p.  171. 
pi.  . 
Nettapus  coromandelicus.    Add :  Nettapus  bicolor  Less. 
610.      Cygnus  ohr.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  354. 
C.  nigricol/is.    Add  :  Azara,  No.  425. 
C.fcrus.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi. 
C.  minor.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi. 
C.  coscoroba.  Add  :  Cygnus  hyperboreus  D'Orb.  ;  Anser 
candidus  Vieill.  Azara,  No.  426. 
C.  atratus.    Add  :  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  6. 
612.  Dendrocygna  arcuata.    Add:  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  14. 
D.  major.    Add  :  Jerd.  111.  Ind.  Orn.  pi.  23. 
613.  Tadorna  radjah.    Add:  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  8. 
Casarca  tadorno'ides.    Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  7. 
C.  variegata.    Add  :  Voy.  Ereb.  and  Terr.  Birds,  pi. 
Add  as  a  species :  C.  cana  (Gmel.). 
614.  Mareca  chiloensis.      Add:    Anas  sibilatrix  Pcepp.  ;  An. 
parvirostris  Vieill.  Azara,  No.  432. 
M.  castanea.  Add :  Anas  punctata  Cuv.  Gould,  B.  of 
Austr.  pi.  11. 
615.  Dafila  bahamensis.     Add :    Anas  fimbriata  Merr. ;  An. 
rubrirostris  Vieill.  Azara,  No.  433. 
D.  ?  cucullata,  a  hybrid,  and  figured  by  Naumann  as  the 
frontispiece  of  his  12th  vol.  of  Vog.  Deut. 
Anas  Boschas.  Add:  Gould,  B.  of  Eur.  pi.  36l.,  Audub. 
B.  of  Amer.  pi.  221. — A.  purpureo-viridis  Schinz.,  A. 
Breweri  Audub.,  Anas  bimaculata  Audub.  B.  of  Amer. 
pi.  338  ,  and  Anas  maxima  Gosse,  B.  of  Jam.  p.  399.,  HI-  B. 
of  Jam.  pi.  110.,  are  hybrids. 
A.  superciliosa.     Add  :  Gould,  B.  of  Austr.  pi.  9. 
