35. cKECiscrs. 137 



the hind neck and mantle. Total length 5-3 inches, culmcn 0-G5, 

 ■wing '6-'A-\, tail 1-155, tarMis 1, middle toe and claw 1"2. 



Tlie white spots on the quills vary in number with individuals, 

 and, as in the case of the allied 0.' sjjilonotus, seem to disappear 

 with age. 



J/ab. Western South America from Chili to Peru, 

 rt. Ad. sk. Uma,Voru{D. Forbes). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



/>. Ad.sk. lAma (JV. Xution). .Salvin-Godiium Coll. 



c. Jiiv.sk. Vh\\\ (Lfi/bold). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(I, e. Ad. ;/. Juv. riovinco of Santiago, Chili Salvin-Godman Coll. 



."k. (I'/ii/ippi ^- Lancl/jcck). 



(J. Ad.sk. Province of Santiago (£•. C. Berkelev James Coll. 



liciil). 



3. Creciscus spilonotus *. 



Zapornia spilonota, Ooidd in Dancins Voi/. ' Becajle,' Birds, p. loi', 



pi. 49 (1841) ; Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (185G). 

 Oitvgometra spilonota, dray, List GralUe Brit. Mus. p. 119 (1844); 



id. Gen. B. iii. p. ^94 (184(3). 

 Porzaua .-spilonota, -SW. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 450, 1871, p. 323; 



iid. Xumencl. Av. Neotr. p. 140 (1873) ; Sulvin, Trans. Z. S. x. 



p. r,()0 (lS7(i); Bid>/u: I'roc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. pp. 120, 123 



(IS-iU: Indefatigable & James Isls.). 

 Aramidfi spilonota, Grai/, lland-l. B. iii. p. 61, no. 10446 (1871). 



Adult male. Uniform chocolate-brown, including the wings ; 

 lower back, rump, and tail blacker ; quills dusky brown, externally 

 chocolate like the back ; head all round and under surface of the 

 body dark slaty grey, the lores and sides of face blackish ; sides of 

 body and tlanks chocolate-brown ; under tail-coverts blackish with 

 white bars : " bill black, the lower mandible blackish brown ; feet 

 olive-brown; iris red "' (.1. i/«6i7). Total length 4-5 inches, cul- 

 men 0-7, wing 2-75, tail 0*9, tarsus 0-8, middle toe and claw 1*1. 



The male described is from Indefatigable Island, and three other 

 specimens from the same island in the Salvin-Godman Collection 

 have tiny white spots on the wing-coverts and inner secondaries, 

 and have the lower abdomen almost pure white. This peculiar 



* CRECISCrS COTCR.VICCLUS. 



Porzana jamaicensis, var. coturnieuliis, Ridgw. Amer. Nat. viii. p. Ill 



(1874, fx Raird MSS.) ; Cuues, Check-l. N. Amer. B. p. 110 (1882V 

 Porzana jamaicensis, /j. coturniculus, Cones, B. X.-H'esf, p. 540 (1874); 



Btiird, Brewer, 4" Rid(jw. Water-B. N. Amer. p. 378 (1884). 

 Porzana jamaicensis coturniculus, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Xaf. A^k.s. iii. 



pp. 202. 2J2(18.sl); Hidgw. A. 0. U. Clieck-l. p. 143 (188G); op. cit. 



xiii. pp. 309-311 (1889). 

 Porzjina coturniculus, Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Xaf. Mus. siii. p. 311 (1889). 



Ilab. Supposed to bo the Faralon Islands, off California. 



Mr. Ridgway (/. c.) Las given a full account of this species, which is repre- 

 sented bv the tingle tyiie specimen in the U.S. National Museum, lie suggests 

 that it "is closely allied to C. fpilonoius and is probably identical with tbat 

 species. 



