140 EALLIDJ5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male iu colour. Total length GS 



inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-1, tail 1-5, tarsus 1-15, middle tee and 

 claw 1-15. 



Hah. Brazil. 



a. Ad. sk. South America. Old Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. South America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c. Ad. sk. Brazil. M. Claussen [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Brazil. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Para, July 22 (E. L. Layard). Tweeddale Coll. 



y. Ad. sk. Pernambuco (if. ^. Jb/ies). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Ivio Grande. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



i. Ad. sk. IMo Grande do Sul. Tweeddale Coll. 



/.•. Ad. sk. Santa Fe, Minas Geraes {Rogers). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



6. Creciscus senops. 

 Porzana asnops, Scl. S) Salv. P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 161 (Sarayacn). 



Adult (type of species). Similar to C. melanophceus, but differing 

 iu the vinous-red forehead, which is like the ear-coverts. Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-:25, tail 1-45, tarsus 1-3, middle 

 toe and claw 1-55. 



Vouncj. Differs from the adult in being less brightly coloured 

 and in having the sides of the body brown with a few whitish 

 bars ; forehead dusky, with less rufous. 



Hab. Ecuador. 



a, h. Ad. et juv. sk. Sarayacu, Ecuador (C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Buckley). (Types of species.) 



7. Creciscus albigularis *. 



Corethrura albigularis, Luivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 302 (1801 : 

 Panama). 



* I have found it impossible, with the limited number of specimens at my 

 disposal, to form a definite opinion as to the races into which Mr. Ridgway has 

 divided these small Red-breasted Crakes. In his paper (Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 vi. p. 409, note) he has recognized three forms as follows: — 



A. Creciscus ALBionLARis. 



" Head without any grey, the pileum russet-brown, sides of head rufous. 

 Chin and throat distinctly white, wing-coverts with lighter bars." 



Hab. Panama. 



I may here remark that of three specimens from Panama, collected by 

 McLeannan at Lion Hill Station, two have white bars on the wing-coverts 

 while the third has the wing-coverts uniform, like those from Colombia. 



B. Creciscus leucogaster. 



" Porzana leucogaster, Ridgway, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 408 (1883). 



" Head mostly grey, wing-coverts without lighter bars; chin and throat dis- 

 tinctly white, the jugulum pale cinnamon, fading into white on the lower 

 breast ; white bars on sides and flanks very narrow." 



Hab. N.E. Nicaragua. 



