Asio | 2 | The whole region | All regions but | | | Austral. 682. _Nyctalops_ | 1 | Cuba and Mexico to | | | Brazil | 683. _Pseudoscops_ | 1 | Jamaica | (Nyctale | 1 | Mexico) | N. Temperate genus 684. Strix | 2 | The whole region | Almost cosmopolite _Peculiar or very Characteristic Genera of Wading and Swimming Birds._ | | | GRALLÆ. | | | RALLIDÆ. | | | Aramides | 23 | The whole region | Nearctic _Heliornis_ | 1 | Tropical America | | | | SCOLOPACIDÆ. | | | Eureunetes | 3 | The whole region | Nearctic | | | CHIONIDIDÆ. | | | Chionis | 2 | Sts. of Magellan, | Kerguelen's Island | | Falkland Ids. | | | | THINOCORIDÆ. | | | _Attagis_ | 4 | Andes to Fuegia and | | | Falkland Islands | _Thinocoris_ | 2 | Peru, Chili, and | | | La Plata | | | | CHARADRIIDÆ. | | | _Phægornis_ | 1 | Temperate S. America | _Oreophilus_ | 1 | Temperate S. America | _Pluvianellus_ | 1 | Temperate S. America | _Aphriza_ | 1 |W. coast of S. America| W. coast of | | | N. America | | | CARIAMIDÆ. | | | _Cariama_ | 2 |S. Brazil and La Plata| | | | ARAMIDÆ. | | | _Aramus_ | 5 | Mexico and Cuba to | | | Brazil | | | | PSOPHIIDÆ. | | | _Psophia_ | 6 | Equatorial S. America| | | | EURYPYGIDÆ. | | | _Eurypyga_ | 2 | Tropical America | | | | ARDEIDÆ. | | | _Tigrisoma_ | 3 | The whole region | _Cancroma_ | 1 | Tropical S. America | | | | PALAMEDEIDÆ. | | |