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Show 446 MESSRS. SCLATER A N D SALVIN [June 25, 7. RALLUS RYTHIRHYNCHUS, Vieill. Ipacaha pardo, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 220. no. 372. Rallus rythirhynchos, Vieill. N. D. xiii. p. 521, et E. M. p. 1060 ; Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 990, et 1868, p. 145. Aramides rythirhynchus, Burm. La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 504. Rallus setosus, King, Zool. Journ. iv. p. 94. Rallus ccesius, Tsch. F. P. Aves, pp. 52, 301; Schlegel, Mus. d. P.-B. Ralli, p. 8 ; Cassin, Gilliss's Exp. ii. p. 194. Rallus sanguinolentus, Sw. An. in Men. p. 335 ; Bridges, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 118; Darwin, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 133; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 333. Rallus bicolor, Gc&y, Faun. Chil. Aves, p. 434. Aramides zelebori, Pelzeln, Novara-Reise, Vog. p. 133(?). Supra oleagineo-brunneus : subtus plumbeus: rostro viridi, macula mandibulee basali sanguinea: long, tota 12*0, alee 5*4, caudce 2*8, rostri a rictu 2*1, tarsi 1*8 (specim. ex Chili). Hab. Paraguay (Azara); rep. Argentina (Burm.); Chili (Ley-bold); West Peru ( Whitely) ; South Brazil (Zelebor). Mus. Brit., S. & G. Concerning the variations of this species, see our remarks, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 990, and 1868, p. 145. In the British Museum is a skin from Hermite Island, Tierra del Fuego, which, though generally resembling the present bird, is of much larger dimensions, and will in all probability require specific separation. 8. RALLUS NIGRICANS. Lpecaha obscuro, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 219. no. 371. Rallus nigrleans,Vieill. N. D. xxviii. p. 560, et Enc. Meth. p. 1067; Max. Beitr. iv. p. 782; Schlegel, Mus. d. P.-B. Ralli, p. 8. Aramides nigricans, Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 23 ; Burm. Syst. Ueb. iii. p. 385, et La Plata-Reise, ii. p. 504. Rallus bicolor, Cuv. in Mus. Paris. ; Blackwall, Brewster's Journ. vi. p. 77(1832). Gallinula ccesia, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 73, t. 95. Rallus ccesius, Sw. An. in Men. p. 335. Rallus immaculatus, Licht. Doubl. p. 79. Supra oleagineo-brunneus : fronte, capitis lateribus el corpore subtus plumbeis; gula albicante: ventre imo, tibiis et cauda nigricantibus: rostro recto, unicolori, obscure viridi: long, tota 10*0, alee 4*8, caudce 2*3, rostri a rictu 1*9, tarsi 1*7. Hab. Brasil. merid. orient.; Minas Geraes (Spix); S. Paolo et Bahia (Licht.) ; Paraguay (Azara). Mus. Brit., S. & G. Genus 2. ARAMIDES. Type. Aramides, Puch. R. Z. 1845, p. 277 A. cayennensis. Ortygarchus, Cab. in Schomb. Guian. iii. p. 759 A. cayennensis. |