Historical reference: Do not rely on this information. It is very old. About this collection
Grallae, Grallatores (Wading Birds), an, old order of Birds, in which were included cranes, herons, storks, bitterns, plovers, snipes, curlews, rails, etc. It was approximately equivalent to Orders x., xvii., xviii., xix., and xx, of Dr. Bowdlee Sharpe's classification. [Birds.]