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 [439. Creciscus viridis viridis (P. L. S. Miill.). 



Rallus viridis P. L. S. Miiller, Xuturxi/sl. Suppl. p. 120 (ITTC). — ex D'Aubcnton, PI. eiil. SGS : 



Cayenne). 

 Creciscus v. riridis Hellmayr, Xnr. Zool. xiv. p. 412 (Humaytha). 



Left bank: Humaytlia (Hoffmanns i. Xatterer obtained it at the sngar-mill 

 of Captain Gama, on the Rio Gua[)ore, as well as near Par.i.*] 



44(1. Heliornis fulica (Bodd.). 



CnUjmbiis ftdica Boddaert, Tuhl. PI. eul. p. 64 (178:!.— ex D'Aubenton, PI. eol. 893 : Cayenne). 



No. — . S ad., S. Isabel, Rio Preto (no date). " Iris brown, feet black and 

 white, bill black, lower mandible grey." — Wing I4o; tail Do ; bill 30 luin. 



441. Eurypyga helias (Pall.i. 



Ard'a HeliiK Pallas, New Xnrd. llc;/lr. ii. p. 48. pi. iii. (1781.— " Brasilien "). 



No. 5.50. ? ad., Jamarysiuho, 14. ix. 1907.— Wing 211 ; tail IGO ; bill .50 mm. 

 No. 103C. 6 ad., Maruiiis, Rio Machados, 19. vii. 1908.— Wing 'JIK; tail 100; 

 bill 54 mm. 



' " Iris yellow or pale red, feet greyish. brown, bill black, below yellow." 

 Similar to Gnianan and Venezuelan specimens. 



[44'J. Psophia leucoptera Spix. 



Psophia leucoptera Spix, .4/-. Bras. ii. p. 07. pi. Ixxxiv. (182.5. — "in sylvis campestribus fl. Rio 

 Negro" — errore ! We sub3titute left bank of Rio Madeira); Pelzeln, l.r. p. 2!iy (Cachoeira 

 das Pederneiras) ; Hellmayr, Nor. Zool. xiv. p. 412 (Humaytha). 



Left bank of the Rio Madeira: Pederneiras (Natterer), Humaytha (Hoffmanns). 

 Ranges to Bolivia and Pern. On the right side of the Madeira it is replaced by 

 the next species.] 



443. Psophia viridis Sjiix. 



Psophia viridis Spix, Ar. Bras. ii. p. CC. tab. Ixxxiii. (1825. — Villa Nova on the Amazons (?) ). 



Nos. 996, 997. 6 <S ad., Maruins, 11, 14. vii. 190s. " Iris brown, feet greenish 

 yellow, bill green or greyish green." — Wing 273, 280 ; tail 125, 130 ; bill 37 mm. 



Nos. 974, 999. <i S imm., Maruins, 6, 11. vii. 1908. "Iris brown, feet 

 greenish yellow, bill green or greyish green." — AVing 255, 280 ; tail 130 ; bill 

 34, 38i mm. 



Nos. 988, 998. ? ad., ? imm., Marnins, 9, 11. vii. 1908. "Iris brown, feet 

 greenish yellow or greyish, bill greyish green. "^ — Wing 275, 265; tail 125, 1 10 ; 

 bill 36 mm. 



These specimens agree with Spix's type in the Munich ^Museum. The series 

 presents some variation in the colour of tlie mantle and inner secondaries. Some- 

 times these parts are chiefly dark brown with but little admixture of green, while 

 in other specimens the green is predominating. This variation apjiears to be purely 

 individual, for it does not depend on age or sex. 



* Porzaim cayaneiuis Pelzeln, Ziir Orii. Bras. iii. p. 316.— Other species of tl-.e famil.v lialliilac 

 likely to occur on the Rio Madeira are: AniaurnUmnai cunrnlor (Gosse), Aeocrcv eryt/irops (Scl.), 

 Tki/riirkiiia tchombur^ki (Cab.), etc., all of which were obtained bv Natterer on the banks of the Kio 

 Guapor^. 



