320 RALLIDH. 
This Wood-Rail is distinguished by the pale whitish tips to the chestnut feathers of 
the lower part of the breast; the name aldbiventris, however, is not particularly well 
chosen, as the entire belly is not white. It differs further from <A. chiricote and 
A. cayennensis in the vinous-red patch on the crown. 
The habits of this species are doubtless similar to those of its allies. Mr. Leyland 
says that its cry is remarkable, and more like that of a quadruped than a bird. 
4. Aramides plumbeicollis. 
Aramides plumbeicollis, Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i. p. 181°; i. p. 3°; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 538, note*; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 528°; Underwood, 
Ibis, 1896, p. 450’. 
Artamides cayennensis (nec Gm.), Scl. & Salv. P. Z.S. 1867, p. 280°; v. Frantzius, J. f. Orn. 
1869, p. 875"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 131°; Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. 
Mus. x. p. 594°. 
Ortygarchus cayennensis (nec Gm.), Cab. J. f. Orn. 1869, p.:212”. 
Aramides ruficollis (nec Bp.), Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 178°. 
A, albiventri similis, et plaga nuchali vinaceo-rufa; collo imo saturate schistaceo; pectore saturate 
cinnamomeo, et plumis albido terminatis nullis. Long. tota circa 15:0, ale 7-8, caudee 2:1, culm. 2°4, 
tarsi 3-1. (Descr. maris adulti ex Miravalles, Costa Rica. Mus. Brit.) 
Hab. Honpuras, Segovia River (Townsend 4); Nicaragua, Blewfields (Wickham), 
Greytown (folland '1), Escondido River (Richmond*) ; Costa Rica (v. Frantzius™ !°), 
Eastern slope (Aichmond *), Alajuela (Zeledon *), Miravalles ®, Carrillo (Under- 
wood), Jiménez (Alfaro). 
This is a dark-plumaged race of A. chiricote, but is distinguished by the vinous 
patch on the nape; the grey on the throat is darker and more extended, while the 
white is somewhat restricted; the chestnut colour of the breast and wings is deeper 
and the whitish-tipped feathers of the latter are absent. Mr. Richmond? shot one of 
a pair in the woods on the bank of the Escondido River, Nicaragua, at which the other 
bird set up a loud scolding. He states that this specimen agreed with the typical bird 
obtained at Jiménez by Sefior Alfaro, who informed him that the allied species, 
A. chiricote, was found only on the Pacific coast in Costa Rica. All specimens from 
the eastern side examined by Mr. Richmond proved to be A. plumbeicollis, with the 
exception of a single individual labelled ‘Talamanca (Gabb)”; the bird from the 
Segovia River in the National Museum also belongs to the latter species. Mr. Under- 
wood obtained two examples on the Volcan de Miravalles and saw another; they were 
very tame and allowed of a close approach. 
AMAUROLIMNAS. 
Porzana, pt., auct. recent. : 
Amaurolimnas, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, i. p. xxviii (1893); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiii. 
p. 87 (1894). 
