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Aramides altiventri?, Luicr. Proc. Fhilad. Acad. 1867, p. 234 ; id. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 143 (1868 : Costa llicaj ; Scl. ^ Salv. 

 P. Z. S. "1868, p. 447 ; *c/. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. ^38 (Honduras) ; 

 Girnj, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 60, no. 10430 (1871) ; Scl. ^ Sulv. Nomencl. 

 Av. Neotr. p. 139 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 327 (W. Yucatan) ; 

 Hoticard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 4C2 (Yucatan); Ferrari-Perez, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mm. ix. p. 177 (1887 : Vera Cruz) ; Salv. Ibis, 1«89, 

 p. 378 (Cozumel), IbOO, p. 89. 



Adult male. Similar to A. chiricote, but with a more distinct 

 patch of reddish brown on the hinder part of the head, and further 

 distinguished by the paler colour of the long tawny feathers of the 

 lower breast, which have whitish ends ; the general colour of the 

 plumage of the upper surface a little more greenish grey. Total 

 length 13-5 inches, culmen 2-G, wing 7"7, tail 2-3, tarsus 3-4, middle 

 toe and claw 3. 



Adult fimcde. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 14-5 

 inches, culmen 2-Q5, wing 7, tail 2-1, tarsus 3, middle toe and 

 claw 2-7. 



Hah. Central America from Mexico to Costa Piica. It is uncer- 

 tain whether the Aramides from Mosquitia belongs to the present 

 species or A. chiricote {cf. Scl. & Salv. 1*. Z. S. 1868, p. 448), 



sk. Tampico, Mexico, June ( If'. 



D. Richardson). 

 J Plava Vicente, Vera Cruz, 

 Dec. {M. Tnijillo). 

 Vega del Casadero, Vera Cruz, 



Dee. {M. Tnijillo). 

 Laguna Verde, Vera Cruz, 



Sept. (M. TruJiUo). 

 Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Feb. 



( W. B. Ilichardson). 

 Retalhuleu, July 15 (W. B. 



Ilichardson). 

 Mouth of River Samala, 



Guatemala (O. Salcin). 

 Choctum, Vera Paz (O. S.). 

 Cozumel Island (6-'. 1\ Gau- 



mer). 

 Belize, British Honduras {F. 



Blancaneau.v). 

 Costa Rica (/. Carmiol). 

 q. Skeleton. Guatemala. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



S.dvin-Godman Coll. 



Salviu-(}odnian Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Cull. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Cull. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Col.'. 



6. Aramides ypacaha. 



Ypacaha, Azara, Apimt.m. p. 210 (180-')). 



Rallus ypacaha, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Xat. xxviii. p. 5(i8 (1819): 



Goidd in Lanvin's V<nj. '■ Beaqle,^ Birds, p. 133 (1841: Buenos 



Aires) ; Gray, List Grallce Bri't. Mm. p. 115 (1844). 

 Crex melampyga, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 79 (1823). 

 Gallinula gigas, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 75, tab. 99 (1823 : Minas 



Geraes). 

 Aramides gigas, Pucheran, Bev. Zool. 1845, p. 14 ; Gray, Gen. B. 



iii. p. 594 (1846) ; Burm. Th. Bras. iii. p. 383 (1856 : Minas 



