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Show 448 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [Julie 25, }>. 143; Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 161 (?); Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 280(f). Aramides ypacaha, Schlegel, Mus. de P.-B. Ralli, p. 14 (?). Similis prcecedenti, sed major, cervice cinerea latiore, abdomine fulvo-rufo, ad marginem ventris nigri albicante, et pedibus fortio-ribus distinguendus: long, tota 14*0, alee 7S, caudce 2*6, tarsi 3 3, rostri a rictu 27. Hab. Southern Mexico (Salle); Oaxaca (Boucard); Honduras, Omoa (Leyland) ; Guatemala, Vera Paz and Pacific coast (Salvin). 31us. S. & G. W e cannot now tell whether the specimens from David and Mosquitia ought to be referred to this northern form, or to its southern representative A. cayennensis, which certainly occurs as far north as Panama. W e are likewise uncertain what Prof. Schlegel's A. ypecaha from the "Isle de St. Thomas" may be, unless it is referable to the present bird. The true "Ypacaha" of Azara is undoubtedly the same species as that which Schlegel refers to as A. gigas. 3. ARAMIDES YPACAHA. Ypacaha, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 210. no. 367. Rallus ypecaha, Vieill. N. D. xxviii. p. 568, et Enc. Me'th. p. 1071. Aramides ypecaha, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 23 ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 594 ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 144. Gallinula gigas, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 75, t. 99. Aramides gigas, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 383; La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 504 ; Grav, Gen. B. iii. p. 594 ; Schlegel, Mus. de P.-B. Ralli, p. 14. Crex melampyga, Licht. Doubl. p. 79. Supra olivacea, collo rufo, fronte cinerascente: uropygio et cauda nigris: subtus gula alba, pectore et cervice tota cinereis: abdomine rosaceo-rubro, ventre imo cum tibiis griseis: hypochondriis et crisso nigris : subalaribus rufis nigro transfasciatis: long, tota 19*0, alee 8*5, caudce 3*3, tarsi 3*5, rostri a rictu 2*9. Hab. Paraguay (Azara) ; Brasil., Minas Geraes (Burm.); rep. Argentina, Parana (Burm.) ; Buenos Ayres (Hudson). Mus. Brit., Smiths. 4. ARAMIDES RUFICOLLIS. Black-bellied Gallinule, Lath. Syn. v. p. 253. Fulica ruficollis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 700. Aramides ruficollis, Schlegel, Mus. de P.-B. Ralli, p. 15. Supra brunnescenti-olivaceus, pileo rufescente tincto: gula alba, cervice angusta cinerea: pectore toto cum ventre castaneo-rufis : ventre imo et crisso nigris. Hab. Cayenne (Latham) ; Lima (Mus. Brit.). Mus. Brit. Obs. Similis J. cayenuensi, sed pectore rufo ventre concolori, et corpore supra bruunescentiore olivaceo. |