Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^53 



Since the publication of the ' Birds of Haiti and San Domingo,' 

 I have examined several specimens of jfacana from Cuba, and 

 they agree exactly with the San Domingo bird, but all are con- 

 siderably larger and brighter than specimens from Mexico and 

 Central America ; the coloration of the wattles in life is, I believe, 

 also different. 



Family RALLID^. 



Genus Rallus Linn. 

 Ralltis LiNN^US, Sjst. Nat. I, p. 261, 1766. 



Rallus maculatus Bodd. 



Rallus maculatus Bodd. ex Bufl". PI. Enl. p. 775 (1783). — Schleg. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 13 (1865). — Scl. & Sal. P. Z. S. 186S, p. 



444; lb. Nom. Avium Neotr. p. 139 (1S73). — Cory, List Bds. W. 



I. p. 29, (1885). 

 Rallus vai-iegatus Gmel. Syst. Nat I p. 71S (1788). —BuRM. Syst. Ueb. 



Ill, p. 382. — D Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 261 



(1840). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 30S (1S60). 

 Aramides maculatus Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 23. — GRAY. Gen. Bds. p. 594 



(1844-49)- 

 Pardirallus varicgafus Bp. Compt. Rand. XLIII, p. 599. — Gray, Handl. 



Bds. Ill, p. 56(1871). 



Limnopardalus variegaius Gvy.D'L. J f. O. 1S56, p. 428; ib. Repert. Fisico- 



Nat. Cuba, I, p. 361 (1S66) : ib. J. i. O. 1875, p. 357. 



Sp. Char. — General plumage dull black; feathers on the back heavily 

 marked with brown; whole body heavily blotched and mottled with 

 Avhite ; rump brown ; thighs smoky brown, marked with white above ; 

 chin nearly white; legs (in skin) pale yellow; bill green; a spot of 

 scarlet on the base of the lower mandible. 

 Length (skin), 12; wing, 4.75; tail, 3; tarsus, 1.50; bill, 1.95. 

 Recorded from Cuba. 



Rallus elegans Aud. 



Rallus elegans Aud. Orn. Biog. Ill, p. 27 (1S35). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1S56, 

 p. 427 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 

 (i860) (Cuba).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 360 (1S66) ; 

 ib. J. f. O 1S75, p. 355 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29(1885). 



Accidental in Cuba. 



