8. AKAMIDKS. 57 



4. Aramides gutturalis *. (I'latc V.) 



? Black-bellied (iiillinulr, 7ai//i. (!<-ii. .S//«. iii. pt. 1, p. 2r>.T (178") : 



Cayenne). 

 y Fiilica riiticollis, (Ini. Si/st. jS\if. i. p. TCO (1788, f.v Lath.). 

 y (lallinula ruKcoUis, Ldt/i. Ind. Oni. ii. p. 707 (1790). 

 IJallua nificep.s, pt., ('la;/, Lid (Iralke Brit. Mus. p. llo (1844; 



spec. d). 

 Aramides ruficolli.^, (irci/, Cicn. B. iii. p. 594 (184*;) ; .SV/. Sf f^alc. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 448 ; lirai/, lland-l. B. iii. p. GO, no. 104l'9 (1871) ; 



'SW. i^" Salv. Nvnieiicl. Ac. Xeutr. p, 1:j9 (1873). 



AduJt. General colour above dark olive-brown ; scapulars and 

 lesser winjij-coverls like the back ; lower back more chocolate-brown, 

 becoming black on the rump and upper tail-coverts; median and 

 greater wing-coverts reddish brown ; bastard-wing dusky brown, 

 externally rufous brown ; primarj--coverts and quills chestnut, 

 dusky brown at the ends, the secondaries dusky brown, externally 

 reddish brown, the innermost ones like the back ; tail-feathers black; 

 crown of head dark chestnut-brown ; forehead and ear-coverts 

 tinged with gre}' ; lores and sides of face paler and more vinous 

 red; cheeks more decidedly grey ; chin and upper throat greyish 

 white, shading off on the lower throat into a patch of blue-grey; 

 remainder of under surface from the lower throat downwards rich 

 chestnut; lower abdomen blackish mixed with rufous; lower Hanks 

 and under tail-coverts black ; thighs ashy brown ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillarics rufou.?, broadly barred with black ; quills 

 below rufous. Total length i;J-5 inches, culmen 1"9, wing 0"8, tail 

 2-4, tarsus 2-7, middle toe and claw 2-;Jo. 



IJah. South America ; but exact locality not known. 



a. Ad. ?k. [Lima.] Purchased. (Type of species.) 



o. Aramides cayanea t. 



Poule d'eau de Ca\enno, Jhuihoit. I'l. Eiil. i.\. jil. '?,^y2. 



Fulica cajanea, y. L. S. Miilli-r, Si/xt. Sat. ku pi. y. Ill* (1776): 



Cass. Froc. I'hi/nd. Acrid. If^lU, p. I'M!. 

 La Urande Poule d'eau de ('aveiine. A'/'//'. ///.-.•/. Xid. (Jis. viii. p iM' 



(1781). 

 Fulica major, Bodd. Tail. PI. Enl. p. 21 (178:^). 

 Cayenne Calliuule, Lath. Gen. 61/71. iii. pt. 1, p. 2o2 (178-5). 



* Tliis is the species referred to as Aramides riifcoflis, Gni. (founded on tlie 

 "Black-bellied Gallinule" of Latham), by Messrs. Selaier and 8alvin. The 

 dimensions, liowever, do not agree, and llie species ditlVis from Lalliain's de- 

 scription ill many important jiurlic-iilais. No mention is made by Latham of 

 the grey on tlie lower tliront, wliile lie furlluT describes the sides as "barred 

 with rufous and black," and the thighs as " lilack." 



t Miiller wrote this word cojanca, and, as Cassiu has shown, tliis is tlie 

 'ildest name for the species. Kvon if Aluller's work should some i\ny be 

 rtpudiati'd by ornitiiuloyists on aeeount of his carelessness and his apparent 

 (•oh.<ur-blindness, then the jiropcr name of the species would be Aramides major 

 (Boddaert), I'ouuded ou Daubentou's ulate. 



