RALLIM. 
^ ^ 0 
of  A (Gmel.) — Rallus  ruficollis  Pe»».,  Audub. 
15  Crol.  des  Ois.  t.  266. 
16.  o (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  34S. 
17.  (Tschudi)  Wiegm.  Archiv.  Naturg.  ix.  p.  .S88. 
^noralis  (Tschudi)  Wiegui.  Archiv.  Naturg.  ix.  p.  388. 
18.  O.  anturctica  (King)  Zool.  Journ.  iv.  p.  95. 
19.  O.  spilonota  (Gould)  Voy.  Beagle,  Zool.  p.  131.  pi.  49. 
20.  O.  aetosa  (King)  Zool.  Journ.  iv.  p.  94. 
21.  O.  notata  (Gould)  Voy.  Beagle,  Zool.  p.  132.  pi.  48. 
Aramides  Puch.^ 
the  f ^ longer  than  the  head,  strong,  with  the  culmen  elevated  at  the  base,  and  curved  from 
O T ^ ^ VAT  1 fT  ^ TT  ^ yx  yv  yil  y V yv  yv  ^ y.,  yN  yj  ^ y-v  ^ly..  y.  — - -1—  • i 1 .1 
niod, 
ol  the  nostrils,  and  the  sides  compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  slightly  emarginated  ; the  gonys 
extend^^*^'  angulated,  and  advancing  upwards ; the  nostrils  placed  in  a membranous  groove,  which 
^ l^lio  middle  of  the  bill,  with  the  opening  linear,  and  near  the  fore  part  of  the  groove, 
grad  rounded,  with  the  fourth  to  the  seventh  quills  equal  and  longest.  Tail  short  and 
fobus^  I'^^g  as  the  middle  toe,  and  covered  with  transverse  scales.  Toes  rather 
cla  shorter  than  the  outer,  the  hind  toe  short,  and  rather  slender ; 
short,  compressed,  and  acute. 
The 
warmer  parts  of  South  America.  They  frequent  the  thickest  parts  of 
t)f  one^^f  during  the  night,  and  sometimes  even  in  the  day-time,  on  the  low  trees  or  tufted  bushes.  The 
distance  of  a mile ; and  it  is  sometimes  interrupted 
O* 
*•  A 
””®”***  (Gmel.)  n.  enl.  352.  — Rallus  maximus 
8 ^ 6y<l.-ogalli„a  Lesa. 
P-  '568., 
3. 
A. 
A „■  • ~~Crex  melampyga  Licht. 
'■  99- 
No  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xxviii.  p.  558.. 
yufi  Gallinula  mangle  Spim,  Av.  Bras.  t.  97. 
Zoo]  ^^21  *'  96- — Gallinula  ruficollis  var. 
(Gmel.). 
7.  A.  plumbeua  (Vieill.)  N.  Diet.  d’Hist.  Nat.  xix.  p.  404 
Gallinula  sarracura  Spix,  Av.  Bras.  t.  98.,  Azara,  No.  369.  ; Ral- 
lus nigricans  et  R.  melanurus  Pr.  Bonap. 
8.  A.  immaculatua  (Licht.)  Cat.  Dupl.  Berl.  Mus.  p.  79., 
Azara,  No.  371. 
9.  A.  maculatus  (Bodd.)  PI.  enl.  775. — Rallus  variegatus  Gmel. 
Azara,  No.  370. ; R.  nivosus  Swains. 
10.  A.  aanguinolentua  (Swains.)  Two  Cent,  and  a Quart,  p.  335. 
11.  A.  ccBsiua  (Sijix)  Av.  Bras.  t.  95 Rallus  bicolor  Cmu.  ; 
R.  nigricans  Pr.  Maw. 
^ill  I 
Eulabeornis  Gould.'\ 
9'S  1 
^’’oove  rather  longer  than  the  head,  and  strong,  with  the  culmen  curved  beyond  the  nasal 
compressed  to  the  tip,  which  is  slightly  emarginated ; the  gonys  short  and 
the  ^ iiostrils  lateral,  and  placed  in  a membranous  nasal  groove,  with  the  opening  linear  and 
th  ^ings  moderate,  with  the  first  quill  shorter  than  the  second,  Avhich  is  rather  shorter 
fourth  ; these  are  equal  and  longest.  Tail  more  or  less  long  and  graduated.  Tarsi 
^9iiep  niiddle  toe,  strong,  and  covered  with  transverse  scales.  Toes  long  and  strong,  Avith  the 
shorter  than  the  outer,  the  hind  toe  moderate ; the  claws  long,  compressed,  and  acute. 
* Established  by  M.  Pucheran  in  1845  {Rev.  Zool.  1845.  p.  277.). 
t Mr.  Gould  established  this  genus  in  1844  (Proc.  Z.  S.  1844.  p.  56.). 
