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Adult femuIe.—W'mg 17a-175 (173.7) ; tail 54.5-59 (56.5) ; exposed 

 culmen 60-63 (62) ; tarsus 74^79 (76.6) ; middle toe without claw 57- 

 60.5 (58.8 mm.).^^ 



Range. — Resident in central and southern Mexico from southern 

 Tamaulipas (Alta Mira and Tampico) ; south through Veracruz (San 

 Andrea Tuxtla, Plaj^a Vicente, Actopam, Vega de Alatorre, Vega del 

 Casadero, Laguna Verde, Buena Vista, Tlacotalpam) ; Hidalgo (Ori- 

 zava) ; Valley of Mexico; Oaxaca (San Francisco, Huilotepec, Tehu- 

 antepec, Guichicovi) ; Tabasco, and possibly Chiapas. In southern 

 Oaxaca intergradation toward alhiventris begins to appear. 



Type locality. — Buena Vista, Veracruz, Mexico. 



Rallus chiricote (not of Vieillot) Bonapaete, Proc. Zool. See. London, 1837, 114 

 (Mexico). 



Aramides cape7inensis (not Fulica cayenncnsis Gmelin) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1857, 206 (San Adrea Tuxtla, Veracruz) ; 1859, 393 (Oaxaca). 



Aramides alhiventris Lawrence, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 4, 1876, 49 (San Francisco, 

 Tehuantepec, Oaxaca; fresh colors of nude parts). — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 447, part (monogr.). — Ferrari-Perez, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 177 (Actopam and Vega de Alatorre, Veracruz). — 

 Shabpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 59, part (Tampico; Playa Vi- 

 cente, Vega del Casadero and Laguna Verde, Veracruz ; and Tehuantepec, 

 Oaxaca).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 627 (Alta Mira, s. 

 Tamaulipas). — Sal\7n and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 319, 

 part (Alta Mira and Tampico, Tamaulipas ; Valley of Mexico ; Tehuantepec 

 and San Francisco, Oaxaca ; San Andrea Tuxtla, Actopam, Vega de Alatorre, 

 Vega del Casadero, Playa Vicente, and Laguna Verde, Veracruz). — Cooke, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 25, part (distr.). 



[Aramides] alMventrls Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 60, no. 10430, part (s. Mexico). — 

 Sclater and Salvin, Norn. Av. Neotr., 1873, 139, part. — Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 98, part. 



Aramides albiventri^ mexicaniis Bangs, Amer. Nat, xli, 1907, 185 (Buena Vista, 

 Veracruz ; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs) ; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 168 

 (type specimen in Mus. Comp. Zool. ; crit.). 



[Aramides cayanea] Subsp. /3 Aramides alhiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 59, part (Tampico, Tamaulipas; Playa Vicente, Vega del Casadero, 

 and Laguna Verde, Veracruz; and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca). 



Airamides] tnexicamis Dickey, Condor, xxxi, 1929, 33 in text (crit.). 



Aramides cajanea mexicana Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 174. 



ARAMIDES CAJANEA VANROSSEMI Dickey 



Van Rossem's Wood-rail 



Adults (sexes alike).— Very similar to Aramides cajanea alhiventris, 

 but larger. 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male.—Wmg 189-195; tail 60.5-70; exposed culmen 68-68; 

 tarsus 83-8G ; middle toe without claw 60-65 mm.^" 



" Three specimens from Oaxaca and Veracruz. 

 "Two specimens, including the type. 



