ARAMIDES. 319 
Aramides cayennensis (nec Gm.), Scl. P.Z.S. 1856, p. 148°; Cass. Pr. Acad. Philad. 1860, 
p. 196"; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 161°; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 447°; Lawr. Ann. 
Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 148°; Richm. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 528”. 
Supra viridescenti-olivaceus, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus ; tectricibus alarum interioribus magis 
ochracescentibus ; tectricibus reliquis externis et remigibus ferrugineis, his ad apicem brunneis; dorso 
postico brunnescenti-nigro; uropygio, supracaudalibus et rectricibus nigris; pileo schistaceo, postice 
obscure fuscescente ; collo postico et interscapulio summo schistaceo-cinereis ; loris et facie laterali tota 
pallide cinereis; gutture albo; prepectore angusto cinereo; corpore reliquo subtus dilute castaneo ; 
hypochondriis imis, crisso et subcaudalibus nigerrimis; tibiis cinereis; subalaribus et axillaribus 
ferrugineis, nigro late fasciatis; remigibus infra rufis: rostro flavo, apice viridi; pedibus pallide 
corallinis ; palpebris et iride lete coccineis. Long. tota circa 12:0, ale 7-7, caude 2°5, culm. 2:1, 
tarsi 3°15. (Descr. exempl. ad. ex Veragua. Mus. nostr.). 
Hab. Costa Rica, Pacific slope (Alfaro ™), Talamanca (Gabd 1"), Santa Ana (Zeledon ') ; 
Panama, David (Bridges °°, Hicks 18), Veragua (Arcé?), Lion Hill Station (M‘Lean- 
nan®° 12, Brown), Laguna de Pita (festa *).—CotomBia?; Amazons 3; Brazi?; 
PERU ®. 
This is a race of A. cayennensis, Gmel., but differs from it in having a brown shade 
on the back of the head and neck. Its range extends from Eastern and Central 
Brazil through Amazonia to Colombia and Costa Rica. A. chiricote frequents the 
scrub on the banks of rivers and salt-water marshes. 
3. Aramides albiventris. 
Aramides albiventris, Lawr. Pr. Acad. Philad. 1867, p. 234’; Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 143°; Bull. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 49°; Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1870, p. 838%; Salv. Ibis, 1874, 
p- 827°; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 229°; Boucard, P. Z.S. 1883, p. 462"; Ferrari-Perez, 
Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p.177°; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186°, 327°°; Salv. Ibis, 1889, 
p- 878", 1890, p. 89”; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 59°°; Richm. Pr. U.S. 
Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 627 “*. 
Aramides cayennensis (nec Gm.), Scl. P.Z.S. 1857, p. 206%; 1859, p. 393'°; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 
1859, p. 230°"; Moore, P. Z.S. 1859, p. 64°. 
Aramides maximus, Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142. 
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A. chiricote similis, sed pileo postico vinaceo-rufo, pectore pallidiore cinnamomeo, et plumis pectoris imi 
albido terminatis. Long. tota circa 13-5, ale 7-6, caude 2°5, culm. 2°5, tarsi 3:1. (Descr. av. adulti ex 
Choctum. Mus. nostr.). 
Hab. Mexico, Alta Mira (Armstrong 14\, Tampico and Tehuantepec (Hichardson '*), 
San Francisco (Sumichrast*), Valley of Mexico (Herrera®!°), Vera Cruz 
(Dugés !9), San Andres Tuxtla (Sailé15), Actopam, Vega de Alatorre (Ferrari 
Perez’), Playa Vicente, Vega del Casadero, Laguna Verde (Zrujillo*), Oaxaca 
(Boucard °, Richardson 13), Las Bocas de Silan, W. Yucatan (Cabot °*), Cozumel 
I. 1112 (Gaumer); Britise Honpuras!, Belize (Blancaneaux '*); GuaTeMALa!, 
Choctum, Vera Paz, mouth of Rio Samala (0. S. & F. D. G.°), Retalhuleu 
(Richardson 18); Honpuras, Omoa (Leyland 1718), San Pedro (Whitely*); Costa 
Rica (Carmiol 1°). 
