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Yonnf/ in first plumage. For the most part black interspersed 

 ■with the feathers of the adult pliiraage, but with a great deal of 

 white on the throat and breast, and generally distinguishable by the 

 shorter bill. 



JSestling. Entirely black all over. 



Hah. North America generally, wintering in Central America, as 

 far as Guatemala. 



(I, b. Ad. St. 



c\ (I. (S ad. sk. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



g. 5 ad. sk. 



h. Pull. sk. 



i. 5 ad. sk. 



A-, I. (S 2 ad. sk. 



7/1. (S ad. sk. 



«, 0, J)- S ad. ; 

 q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 



t, u. Ad. et iuv. 



sk. ^ 



V. 2 ad. sk. 



North America. 



Waldron Island, British Co- 

 lumbia, June 2o. 



Waukegan, Illinois ( W. M. 

 Reid : Sm. no. 18814). 



Rockford, Illinois (Black- 

 man : Sm. no. 259S0). 



Cambridge, Mass., May 19 

 {H. W. Henshaw). 



Concord, Mass. ( W. Brew- 

 ster: Hensh. Coll.). 



New Haven, Connecticut, 

 June 7 (A. J, Dayun: 

 Hensh. Coll.). 



Lake Borgue,Louisiania, Mar., 

 April iH. W. Henshaw). 



Brownsville, Texas, April 4 

 {F. B. Armstrnn(j\. 



San Luis Obispo, California, 

 Oct. {H. W. Henshaw). 



Near the City of Mexico. 



Tizimin, Northern Yucatan, 

 June 2o (G. F. Gaumer). 



Duenas, Guatemala, Sept., 

 Oct. (O. Sail-in). 



Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala, 

 Sept. (O. Salrin). 



J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



[P.-J. 

 Dr. Lyall [P.]. 



Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin- 



Salvin- 



Salvin- 



Salvin- 

 Salvm- 



Salvin- 



Salviu- 



■Godman Coll. 



-Godman CoU. 



•Godman Coll. 



•Godman Coll. 

 Godman Coll. 



Godman Coll. 



■Godman Coll. 



4. Rallus aequatorialis. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 



Eallus virginianus (nee L.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 52.3, note (Lima) ; 

 Berl. ^- Tacz. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 313 (W. Ecuador), 1885, p. 112 

 (Riobamba) ; Tacz. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 314 (1886). 



Adult. Similar to B. virginianvs, but having the lateral under 

 tail-coverts pure white, without black centres or black on the inner 

 web. General colour also paler and the thighs externally paler 

 grey : " upper mandiVjle brown ; lower one reddish brown ; feet 

 dirty flesh-colour ; iris reddish brown " (J. Stolzmawi). Total 

 length 7"5 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 4, tail 1*65, tarsus \-'2b, 

 middle toe and claw 1"5. 



Hah. Colombia to Peru. 



a. Juv. sk. 



b, c. Ad. et juv. sk. 



Bogota. 

 Ecuador. 



Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 



