LIMN ATORNIS . — LIMNOCORAX. 
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cirratus Kaup, Oken's Isis 1847. 165. = Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
cristatellus Blyth, Ibis 1863. V. 17. = Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
Horsfieldi Vigors, Mem. Raffles App. 649. = Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
hastatus Blyth, Ann. mag. nat. hist. 1844. XIII. 114. = Aquila naevia 
Briss. 
Kieneri Blyth, Ibis 1863. V. 17. == Spiza'êtus Kieneri Gerv. 
lanceolatus Gray, Handl. Birds I. 13. = Spiza'êtus lanceolatus Tem. 
nipalensis Kaup, Contrib. Ornith. 1850. 61. — Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
niveus Blyth, Ibis 1863. V. 17. == Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
Philippinen sis Gray, Handl. Birds I. 13. = Spiza'êtus Kieneri Gerv. 
punctatus Jerdon. = Spiza'êtus cirratus Schleg. 
unicolor Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 306. = Spiza'êtus cirratus 
Schleg. 
unicolor Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1843. XII. 128. == Aquila naevia 
Briss. 
LIIINATORRflS paludicola Milne Edwards, Rech. Ois. foss. II. Tb. 176. 
Fig. 8 — 13. Genus foss. tert. Upupidarum. 
LIMNETES crassirostris Hartlaub u. Finsch, Vögel OAfrica 641. = Vanellus 
crassirostris Schleg. 
LIMNOCINCLUS Gould 1865, Gray, Handl. Birds III. 49. === Tringa acuminata 
Swinh. 
LIMNOCORAX (Rallidae. — Xljxvtj palus, xppa£ corvus). — Peters, Berliner 
Monatsberichte 1854. 187. 
Rostrum mediocre, rectum # subcultratum , basi subcerigera incrassatum, antiis 
nullis, arcu perpendiculari a capistro plumoso disti?ictum, culmine sensim deflexo, 
gonyde gnathidiis quarta parte breviore sensim adscendente, tomiis maxillaribus 
integris ante apicem vix emarginatis mandibulam tegentibus. Nares perviae, con- 
cavae, laterales, pone rostri medium apertura longitudinali lineari patulae. Pala- 
tum bisectorium, medio ad nares fisso , eminentiis dentiformibus obtusis armatum. 
Lingua mediocris, compressa. Alae médiocres, ungue pollicari conico acuto, para- 
ptero brevi. Penna prima subbrevis, secunda paulo brevior quam tertia et quarta. 
Cauda brevis compressa. Pedes grallarii, elongati, congrui tetradactyli fissi. Digiti 
elongati, graciles , médius tar so paulo longior. Hallux digiti medii phalangem 
primam aequans , subincumbens. Digitus externus interno longior. Ungues phalanges 
breviores , falculares, compressi, arcuati, acuti. Cnemidium antice et postice, acrotar- 
sium et acrodactylum scutulata. Planta supra scutulata, reliqua reticulato granu- 
lata. — 3 Specc. 
capensis Peters, Berlin. Monatsber. 1854. 188. [Africa merid. 
Rallus niger Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I. 717. — [cf. Limnocorax senegalensis 
Peters.] 
Crex nigra Lichtenstein. 
Gallinula nigra Layard, Birds WAfrica 342. 
Porzana nigra Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 34. 
Limnocorax niger Gurney, Ibis 1868. IV. 470. 
Ortygometra nigra Autor. — v. Heuglin, Ornith. NOAfr. I. 1237. 
flavirostra Gray, Handl. Birds III. 62. = Limnocorax senegalensis Peters. 
iiiossambicus Peters, Berlin. Monatsberichte 1854. 188. — Cabanis, v. d. 
Decken's Reise III. 81. [Zanzibar. Mossambique. 
Porzana nigra Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 34. 
Nwana gombe a nwana. 
niger Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1856. XLIII. 600. = Limnocorax senegalen- 
sis Peters. 
niger Gurney, Ibis 1868. IV. 470. — Limnocorax capensis Peters. 
senegalensis Peters, Berliner Monatsber. 1854. 188. [Africa occid. 
Gallinula flavirostra Swainson, Birds WAfrica II. 244. Tb. 28. 
Ballus carinatus Swainson, Classif. Birds I. 158. c. fig. 
Rallus aethiops Forster, Descr. animal. 406. 
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