CHARADRIAD^. 



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GENUS CCCLX.— CREX, Beckstein. CRAKE. 

 Ortygometra mihi. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. I, p. 217. 



GENUS CCCLXL— ZAPORNIA, Leach. CRAKER. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. *o. xii. \.p. 230. 



GENUS CCCLXIL— GALLINULA, Ray. GALLINULE. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1. p. 240. 

 Ga. riificollis. 



Rallus ruficollis. Steph, v. xii. \ .p. 204. — Gallinula ruficollis. 

 Swain. Zool. lUust. v. iii. p. 173. — Brazil. 



GENUS CCCLXIII.— PORPHYRIO, Brisson. 

 Generic character : vide Steph. v. xii. 1.^. 249. 



GENUS CCCLXIV.— PODOA, Illiger. FINFOOT. 



Generic character : vide Steph. v. xiii. \. p. 20. 

 GENUS CCCLXV.— FULICA Auctorum. COOT. 



Generic character: vide Steph. v, xii. \.p. 233. 



FAMILY v.— CHARADRLAD^. 



Rostrum mediocre aut capite longior, ohtusum vel acuUim, aut ad 

 apicem cuneatum: digiti tres^Jissi, aut eMerni basi memhrana 

 connexi. 



Beak moderate, or longer than the head, obtuse or acute^, or 

 wedge-shaped at the tip : toes three, cleft, or the outer ones 

 united at the base by a membrane. 



These birds vary coniderably in their manner, 

 those of the first genus uniting admirably with the 



