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Aramides cniicymcnsis (not FuJica cayennensis Gmelin) Sclater and Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1859, 230 (Omoa, Honduras). 



Aramides cayanensis Mooee, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, 64 (Omoa, Honduras; 

 habits). 



Aramides albiventris Lawrence, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, xix, 1867, 

 234 (British Honduras; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Sclater and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1S68, 447, part (monogr.) ; 1870 (Honduras). — Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1S74, 327 (Las Bocas de Silam, n. coast Yucatan) ; 1889, S78 (Cozumel 

 Island, Yucatan) ; 1890, 89 (Cozumel Island). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1883, 462 (Yucatan).— Sharpe, Cat Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 59, 

 part (mouth of Rio Saraala, and Choctum, Guatemala; Cozumel Island; 

 British Honduras). — Salain and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 

 319, part (Las Bocas de Silam and Cozumel Island, Yucatan ; Belize, British 

 Honduras ; Choctum, Vera Paz, mouth of Rio Samala, Guatemala ; Omoa 

 and San Pedro, Honduras).— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 25, part 

 (geog. range). — Miller, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1, 1924, 408 (ptilosis). 



A[ramidcs] albiventris Dickey, Condor, xxxi, 1929, 33 in text (crit.). 



[Aramides] albiventris Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 60, no. 10430, part (Honduras, 

 Guatemala). — Sclater and S'alvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 139, part. — Sharpe, 

 Hand-list, i, 1899, 98, part. 



Aramides albiventris albiventris Bangs, Amer. Nat., xli, March, 1907, 183, part 

 (monogr.). — Griscom, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ixiv, 1932, 120 (eastern 

 Guatemala). — Austin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixix, 1929, 371 (Belize River, 

 and Mountain Cow, British Honduras). — Carriker and DeSchauensee, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, Ixxxviii, 1935, 415 (spec. ; Quirigua, Guatemala). 



[Ai'amides cayanea] subsp. /3 Aramides albiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 59, part (Retalhuleu, mouth of Rio Salama, and Choctum, 

 Guatemala; Cozumel Island; Belize, British Honduras). 



ARAMIDES CAJANEA PACIFICA Miller and Griscom 



NiCAEAGUAN WOOD-RAIL 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Aramides cajanea plum- 

 heicollis but with the mantle less richly colored and less distinct from 

 the adjacent back and upper wing coverts — the mantle tawny-buffy 

 citrine, the upper back and the scapulars and the upper wing coverts 

 grayish olive ; primaries very slightly darker.^^ 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male.—W'mg 171-186 (178.2) ; tail 47-58 (54.4) ; exposed cul- 

 men 59-62 (60.6) ; tarsus 77-85.5 (82.1) ; middle toe without claw 54r-57 

 (55.7 mm.)." 



Adult female.— Wmg 166-183 (174.6) ; tail 45-57 (52.8) ; exposed 

 culmen 54-60 (57), tarsus 74-81 (78.3), middle toe without claw 51-57 

 (54.2 mm.).'" 



" The supposed character of the narrower black bars on the axillars does not 

 hold ; even in the type specimen there is considerable difference between the two 

 sides in this respect. 



" Eight specimens, including the type, from Nicaragua and Honduras. 



*" Nine specimens from Nicaragua and Honduras. 



