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Show 1868.] ON THE AMERICAN RALLID.E. 4 19 A single indifferent skin in the British Museum, marked " Lima," is the only specimen we have met with which seems to correspond with Latham's description of this bird ; but we are not sure whether it is really distinct from A. cayennensis. 5. ARAMIDES SARACURA. Chiricote aplomado, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 231. no. 369. Gallinula saracura, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 75, t. 98 (1825). Gallinula plumbea, Max. Beitr. iv. p. 795 ; Tsch. F. P. Aves, p. 52. Aramides plumbeus, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 23 ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 594; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 383; Schlegel, M . de P.-B. Ralli, p. 15. "Rallus nigricans, Vieill.;" Bp. J. A. S. Phil. iv. p. 386. Rallus melanurus, Bp. J. A. S. Phil. v. p. 139. Supra saturate olivaceus, dorso superiore et collo rufescentibus, dorso inferiore cum cauda nigricantibus : pileo obscure cinereo ; subtus omnino plumbeus, ventre imo nigricantiore, crisso nigro, gula alba : long, tota 15*5, alee 7, caudee 2*4, tarsi 3, rostri a rictu Hab. Paraguay (Azara); Brasil. merid. or. (Max. et Burm.) ; Ypanema, S. Paolo (Natt.). 31us. Brit., S. & G. Several authors have called this bird A. plumbeus, from Vieillot's Gallinula plumbea, which, however, is a Javan species, and has nothing to do with it (cf. Enc. Meth. p. 344). Spix's name saracura seems to be the oldest. 6. ARAMIDES AXILLARIS. Aramides axillaris, Lawr. Proc. Acad. Phil. 1863, p. 107. Ortygarchus mangle, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 760. Aramides ruficollis, Leotaud, Ois. Trin. p. 498. Fusco-viridis, dorso imo et cauda nigris, dorso summo plumbeo : capite toto et corpore subtus castaneis: gula alba, ventre medio cum crisso nigris: primariis extus rufis: tectricibus subalaribus albo nigroque transfasciatis: long, tota 11*5, alee 6*5, caudee 2'tarsi 2*0, rostri a rictu 1*6. Hab. Venezuela, Barranquilla (Crowther); Brit. Guiana (Schom-burgk) ; Belize (Bocourt). Mus. Brit., Derb., Paris. This is a very distinct species, easily known by its chestnut head and neck, which are nearly of the same colour as the body beneath. It is clearly the bird described by Cabanis as the adult of his Ortygarchus mangle, and by Leotaud as A. ruficollis. 7. ARAMIDES MANGLE. Gallinula mangle, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 74, t. 97. Aramides mangle, Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 385. Supra olivaceus, pileo et cervice cinerascentibus, dorso imo nigricante : subtus rufus; gutture albicante; ventre in cinereum tra-hente; crisso nigricante: tectricibus subalaribus nigris albo |
