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Limicolae : 
11. Char adrius helveticus (Linn.). Black-bellied plover. 
Hab. Northern hemisphere. 
One specimen. Captured in New Jersey. 
Alectorides : 
12. Psophia leucoptera Spix. White- winged trumpeter. 
Hab. Brazil. 
One specimen. Purchased. 
13. Gallicrex cristata Lath. Crested gallinule. 
Hab. Southeastern Asia. 
One female. Purchased. 
14. Grus communis Bechst. Common European crane. 
Hab. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 
Two specimens. Purchased. 
15. Grus antigone (Linn). Sarus crane. 
Hab. India. 
Two specimens. Purchased. 
16. Grus leucogeranos Pall. White crane. 
Hab. Asia. 
One specimen. Purchased. 
Palamedese : 
17. Palamedea cornuta Linn. Horned screamer. 
Hab. South America. 
A male. Purchased in January, 1892. 
This rare species is of marked interest on account of 
its doubtful position in the zoological series — its an- 
atomical characters allying it both to the anserine 
birds and to the rails. The food of the species is 
generally that of these groups. The specimen in 
the Garden has, however, proved difficult to keep ; 
as, while apparently contented in captivity, up to 
the present time it refuses all food but milk and 
egg with a small quantity of soaked biscuit. 
