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feet boru-browu. Wing, 3.80 ; tail, 2.00 ; culmen, .42 ; depth of bill at 

 base, .30; tarsus, 1.00 5 middle toe, .02. 



This very distiucjt uew species has its nearest ally in the PMlortyx 

 fasciaius, Gould, from Western Mexico (Oolima), which, however, is 

 larger, has the bill more robust and deep black, and has the chin, 

 throat, and malar region wholly immaculate white. — li. K.] 



Fam. RALLlDiE. 



242. Rallus elegans tenuirostris, Lawrence. 



laiUti elegans var. ff«H(Cos/ris Lawrence, Am. Nat., February, 1874, p. 111. 



Yulg. — Kascon de agua. 



Rah. — State of Thixcala. Laguna del Eosario, ISTo. 211 <?, October. 



243. Arainidcs albiventris, Lawrence. 



Aramides albiventris Lawrence, Proc. Ac. Phil., 1867, p. 234. 

 Vulg. — Gallina de Mostezuma, Totocalca. 



Rah. — State of Vera Cruz. Actopam, Xo. 273^; Vega de Alatorre, 

 No. 453 <?, August. 



244. Porzana Carolina (Linn). 



liaUus carolinus Linn., Syst. Nat., 1858, I, p. 153. 



Porzana Carolina Baird, Lit. Eec. & Jour., Linn. Assoc, Penn. Col., October, 

 1845, p. 255. 



Viilg. — Gallinita de cienega. 



R(7b. — State of Puebla. Chapulco, No. 145a 9, September; 145^, 

 October. 



245. Pulica americana Gmelin. 



Fulica americana Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, p. 704. 



Vulg. — Gallareta de pico bianco. 



Rah. — State of Puebla. Laguna de Chapulco, No. 246^, November. 

 State of Tlaxcala. Laguna del Rosario, No. 246a 9 , October. 



Fam. ARAMID^. 



246. Aramus giganteus (Bonaparte). 



Ballus giganteus Bonaparte, Jour. Ac. Philad., 1825, j). 31. 

 Aramus giganteus Baird, B. N. A., 1858, p. 657. 



Rah. — State of Vera Cruz. Santa Ana, No. 447 9 , February. 

 Fam. JACANID^. 



247. Jacana gymnostoma (Wagler.) 



Parra gymnostoma Wagler, Isis, 1831, p. 517. 



Jacana gijmnostoma Zeledon, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1885, p. 114. 



Vulg. — Jacanii, Cirujano, Gallito de laguna. 



fia&.— State of Puebla. Laguna de Epatlan, No. 249^*, 249a9 , 274^ , 

 274a 9 , December.— State of Vera Cruz. Jalapa, Nos. 472 ,? , 495 <? , 496, 

 August. 



Proc. N. M. 86 12 September 38, 1886. 



