35. CREciscus. 135 



h. Axillaries uuifonn, not barred or spotted with 



white. 



c . I'liinliH barred with white ; under surface of 



body white; sides of face, sides of neck, and 



sides of breast orange-rufous; tianks barred 



witli bhick leucopi/irhi/'<.\).}A'2. 



(T. Flanks uniform. 



e'' . Throat and breast wliite ; ear-coverts and 

 sides of body chestnut ; head like the 



back leiraudi, p. 142. 



/". Throat and breast orange-rufous or chest- 

 nut, with no white ; sides of face grey. 

 e'". Crown of head grey ; mantle dark chest- 

 nut, becoming chocolate-brown on the 

 hiwer back; inner secondaries and tail 



black ruber, p. 143. 



/'". Crown of head chestnut ; rest of upper 



surface olive, including secondaries and , • i lo 



. .] ' ° ] Cfa/a)ifnsis,]y. l-i-j. 



I facialis, p. 14-3. 



1. Creciscus jamaicensis. 



The Lenst Water-hen, Edwards, (il<;ani»</s, vi. p. 142, pi. 27S. tig. 2 

 (1760). 



Le Kiile de la Jamaique, Briss. Orn. vi. Suppl. p. 140 (17G0). 



Le Iirde Bidi-1'.idi, /)'////'. lUM. Nat. Ois. viii. p. KiG {1781). 



Jamaica Hail, Laf/i. (hn. Siju. iii. pt. 1, p. 2-j'J (178o). 



llallus janiaicensis. Gin. Si/st. Xaf. i. p. 718 (1788) ; T'ieill. A\ Diet, 

 d'lli'st. Nat. xxviii. p. 550 (1829) ; Audub. B. Amer. pi. 349; id. 

 Orn. Biiti/r. iv. p. 3J9 (1858). 



Ortvgonietra jamaicensis, Steph. Gen. Zool. xii. pt. 1, p. 221 (1824); 

 Bp. Comp. Li.-<f B. FAir. ^- N. Amer. ]). 53 (18:i8) ; Audub. B. Amer. 

 8vo, V. ]). 157, pi. 308 (1842) ; Graij, List Grnlhe in Brit. Mus. p. 1 10 

 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 5!):'> (iS4()) ; 6V.sy, /). Jamaica, p. 375 

 (1847) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (185G) ; Salcin, Ibis, 18(JG, p. 198 

 (Duefias). 



Crex pvgnuta, B/ackic. in Brewster's Journ. vi. p. 77 (1832, nee 

 Bechst.). 



Corethrura jamaicensis, Licht. Nomencl. Ar. Mus. Bcro'. p. 90 

 (1854). 



Creciscus jamaicen^i.i, Cab. J.f. 0. 1850, p. 428 (Cuba) ; Gundl. Orn. 

 Cuba, p. 3G2 (1870). 



Porzana jamaicensis, Baird, Cass. ^- Lawr. B. N. Amer. p. 745 (1858) ; 

 -SV/. I'.Z.S. 18G1, p. 81 (Jamaica); March, Proc. Philad. Acad. 

 18G4, p. 09 (Jamaica) ; Schl. Mus. Pay, t- lias, Italli, p. G7 (1865) ; 

 Cones, Proc. Bost. ^"Suc. N. II. xii. p. 1 24 "( 1 808 : S. Carolina) ; Scl. lV 

 Sale. P.Z.S. 1808, p. 455 (pt.) ; Turuh. B. East Pennsi/lc. p. 33 

 (1809 ; breeding) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 274 (1872) ;" Snow, B. 

 Kansas, p. 11 ( 1873); Scl. Sf Hah: Nomencl Ar. Neotr. p. 140 (1873, 

 pt.); Coue.i. B. N.-Jf'est, p. 539 (1874); Bidqw. Am. Nat. viii. 

 p. 540 (1875); id. Ann. Li/c. N. V. x. p. 387 (1874: Illinois); 

 lieldin;/, Proc. U.S. Nat. iV«,<. i. p. 443 (1878: Stockton, Cal.) , 

 Mai/nard, B. Ea.'tt. N. Amer. p. 432 ( 1879) ; Bid>/w. Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. iii. p. 202 (1880) ; ^. «.S- E. Newt. Hand'b. Jamaica, p. 114 

 (1881) ; Baird, Brewer, ^- liidtjw. U'ater-B. N. Amer. i. p. 377 

 (1834) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 074 (1884) ; Grinnell, 



