32 RALLIDJ!. 



Tacz. p. Z. S. 1879, p. 244 (Pascomayo) ; Sd. Sf SaJv. t. c. p. 54-5 

 (Autioquia); W. A. Furbes, Ibis, 1881, p. 358 (Pernambuco) ; 

 Tacz. P. Z.S. 1882, p. 42 (Huambo) ; id. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 317 

 (1886) ; Scl. •$• Hudson, Arffcnt. Orn. ii. p. 150 (1889). 



Rallus immaculatus, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 79 (1823). 



Gallinula caesia, Spi.v, Av. Bras. ii. p. 73, Taf. xcv. (1824). 



Rallus c;iesius. Swains. An. in Meiiar/. p. 335 (1837); Gray, Lid 

 Grallm Brit. Mus. p. 115 (1844). 



Aramides Cfesius, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 594 (1846). 



Aramides immaculatus, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 594 (1846). 



Aramides ni<^ncaiis, Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 23 (1847j; Burm. Pfis. 

 La-Plata St. ii. p. 504 (1861). 



Aramus nigricans, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 60, no. 10423 (1871). 



Adult male. Similar to L. rytirhynchns, but wanting the bright 

 red spot at the base of the lower mandible, and further distinguished 

 by its white throat and perfectly black under tail-coverts and tail : 

 " bill bright green, yellowish or greenish yellow at the base ; feet 

 bright coral-red ; iris brilliant carmine " {Neuwied). Total length 

 12 inches, culmen 2-2-5, wing 5'3, tail 1-75, ruiddle toe aud 

 claw 2*45. 



Hah. South America, from Brazil to Peru and U.S. Colombia. 



a, b. Ad. sk. South America. Gould Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil. M. Clausseu [P.j. 



d. Ad. sk. Pirazil. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



e. (S ad. sk. Pelotas, Rio Graude do Sul Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{Joyner). 



f. Ad.sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes, Brazil Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{H. Payers), 



y, h. Ad. sk. Bahia (Z);-. Wucherer). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. Brazil. Lieut. Maw [P.]. 



Ii. Juv. sk. Paca^mayo, 'R. Peru (Jehhi). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



I, m. (S ad. sk. Medellin, U.S. Colombia Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{T.K. Salmon). 



3. HYPOT^NIDIA. ^^ ^^ 



Ilypotfenidia, Reiclienh. Syst. Av. p. xxiii (1852). . II. pliilippiuensis. 



Lewinia, Bp. C. P. xliii. p. 599 (1856) II. brachypus. 



Uonacias, Heine in Heine <$• Reichen, Nomencl. 



Mus. Hein. p. 321 (1890) II. brachypus. 



Hanye. From Southeru China to the Burmese countries, Eastern 

 yiortion of the Indian Peninsula aud Ceylon, the whole of the 

 Indo-Malayan region, and the Moluccas to Australia, N"ew Zealand, 

 and the islands of the Pacific Ocean. 



a. Throat white. 



a'. Breast uniform ; no white eyebrow. 



a". Mantle and upper back spotted with 

 white and mottlwl with black. 

 a'". Lores ashy ; under tail-coverts barred 



with black striata, p. 33. 



h'". Lores blackish : under tail-coverts 



black with narrow white bars .... obsciirior, p. 37. 



