BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 123 



Aramides cayanea Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 57 (Colombia ; Dutch 

 Guiana; British Guiana; Brazil). — Ihebing, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv, 1900, 286 

 descr. eggs). — Reiser, Denkschr. Aljad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., 1910, 95 

 (Rio Parnahyba, etc., ne. Brazil). — Snethlage, Journ. fiir Orn., Ixsvi, 1928, 

 554 (breeding seasons in various South American countries). 



Rallus cJiiricote Vieiixot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xxviii, 1819, 551 (Paraguay ; 

 based on Chiricote Azara, Apunt. Hist. Nat. Paraxos Paragiiay, iii. 1803, 214). 



Aramides chiricote Habtlatjb, Syst. Index Azara's Apunt., 1847, 23. — Salvadori, 

 Boll. Mus. Zool. Torino, sii, 1897, 34 (San Lorenzo, n. Argentina). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 318 (Talamanca, Santa Ana, 

 and Paciiic Slope, Costa Rica ; David, Lion Hill, and Laguna de Pita, 

 Panama; Colombia; Amazon Valley; Peru; Brazil). — Bruch, Rev. Mus. La 

 Plata, xi, 1904, 249 (Oran, Salta, Argentina). — Hartert and Venturi, Nov. 

 Zool, xvi, 1909, 257 (Chaco, Argentina; descr. eggs). — Chubb, Ibis, 1910, 65 

 (Sapucay, Paraguay; fresh colors of unfeathered parts). 



[Ara^nides cayanea.^ Subsp. a. Aramides chiricote Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 58, 332. 



Aramides cayanea chiricote Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 14 

 (Loma del Leon, Panama) ; Auk, xviii, 1901, 358 (Divala, Chiriqui, 

 Panama). — Berlepsch and Stolzman, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1902, 49 (La 

 Merced, central Peru; fresh colors of unfeathered parts). 



Aramides eajanea chiricote Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, vi, 1904, 342 (Para- 

 guay),— Chapman, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 117, 1921, 48 (Rio Comberciato, 

 Peru). 



Aramides chiricota Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 496. 



Rallus maximus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xxviii, 1819, 555 (nevp name 

 for Fulica cayennensis Gmelin). 



Aramides maximus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, v, no. 30, livr. 7 (Ralli), 14. 



Gallinula ruiiceps Spix, Av. Bras., ii, 1825, 74, pi. 96 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). 



Aramides ruiiceps Grat, List Grallae Brit. Mus., 1844, 115. 



Aramides ruficollis (not Gallinula ruficolUs Latham) Pelzexn, Orn. Bras., 1870, 

 316 (Borba, Brazil). 



Aramides eajanea venezuelensis Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 182, orn. 

 ser., i, 1915, 296 (Encontrados, Venezuela). 



Aramides eajanea peruviana Cory, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 182, orn. ser., i, 

 1915, 296 (Moyobamba, Peru). 



Aramides eajanea salmoni Chubb, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, xxxviii, 1918, 48 

 (Remedios, Ajitioquia, Colombia). 



Aramides eajanea grahand Chubb, Ibis, 1919, 53 (Para, Brazil). 



ARAMIDES CAJANEA LATENS Bangs and Penard 



San MiGtJEL Wood-rah. 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Arajiiides eajanea eajanea 

 but slightly smaller and paler generally, the chin and throat not pure 

 white, but lightly washed with grayish, the hind crown and occiput 

 more extensively tinged with pale, dull earth brown; the lower 

 throat and sides of neck light neutral gray; breast and sides and 

 anterior abdomen between cinnamon and light sayal brown, less rufous 

 than in the nominate form. 



Other plumages not known. 



