OO RALLID^. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. (Types 



of species.) 



c. Ad. sk. Guatemala (J. McLeannan), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Chontales, Nicaragua (T. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Belt). 



e. c? ad. sk. Merume Mts., British Guiana, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



July 12 (^. WMtehj). 

 /, ,9. Ad. ; h. Bahia, Brazil (J);-. TF?<eAe?-er). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Juv. sk. 

 i. Sternum. Jamaica. Gosse Coll. 



24. ANUROLIMNAS. 



Type. 



Anurolimnas, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, no. v. 



p. xxviii (Feb. 1893) A. castaneiceps. 



Range. Amazonia and Ecuador. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Larger : head like the back ; forehead and sides 



of face chestnut like the throat and breast ; 



abdomen and flanks uniform castanetcqis, p. 88. 



b. Smaller : head chestnut like the throat and 



chest ; lower breast and abdomen rufescent, 



with black bars hauxxvelli, p. 88. 



1. Anurolimnas castaneiceps. 



Porzana castaneiceps, M. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 453 (Rio Napo); 



iid. E.vot. Orn. pi. Ixxviii. (1869) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 140 



(1873) ; Salmn, Ibis, 1874, p. 320. 

 Micropygia verreauxi, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 559.(1856, descr. nulla). 

 Aramides castaneiceps. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 61, no. 10436 (1871). 

 Ortygometra verreauxi, Grai/, t. c. p. 63, no. 10467 (1871). 



Adult. Above olive, the hinder crown like the back ; wing- 

 eoverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dusky brown, externally olive like the back ; forehead and fore 

 part of crown, eyebrow, sides of face, throat, and breast bright 

 chestnut, a little paler on the chin ; lower breast, abdomen, and 

 sides of body olive-brown. Total length 7 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 4-5, tail 1-15, tarsus 2-05, middle toe and claw 1-7. 



Hah. Ecuador. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C Salvin-Godman Coll. 



BucJdey). 

 d. Ad. sk. Rio Napo. J. Gould, Esq. (Type 



of species.) 



2. Anurolimnas hauxwelli. 



Micropygia sclateri, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856 ; descr. nulla). 

 Corethrura sp., Set. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 200. 

 Porzana fasciata (wee Rcijl.), Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 981. 

 Porzana hauxwelli, Scl. ^ Salv. Exot. Orn. p. 105, pi. liii. (1868) ; 

 iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 453, 1873, p. 308 (Sarayacu, Pebas, Chami- 



