GENERAL INDEX. 
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VOL. PACE 
GENUS RALLUS. 
Bill longer than the head, slender, slightly incurved, 
compressed at the base, cylindric at the point, sharp-point- 
ed ; nostrils lateral, pervious, partly closed by a mem- 
brane ; feet long, strong, fore toes cleft, hind toe articu- 
lated upon the tarsus ; wings and tail short ; body com- 
pressed. 
Clapper Rail, (S. Crepitans) - - - vii 117 
Virginian R* {R. Virginianus) - - vii 114 
GENUS GALLINULA. 
Bill shorter than the head, compressed, convex, the 
mandibles of nearly equal length ; nostrils oblong and 
pervious, placed in the middle of the bill, and partly co- 
vered by a membrane ; feet long, vigorous, toes long 
and cleft, hind toe placed on a level with the rest; wings 
concave and short ; tail short ; body compressed. 
FIRST SECTION. 
Base of the upper mandible running up between the 
plumage of the front. 
Soree Gallinule, or Common Rail, (G. Carolina) vi 27 
SECOND SECTION. 
Base of the upper mandible spreading out on the 
forehead in a naked membrane. 
Martinico Gallinule, (G. Martinica) - - ix 230 
