142 RAXLID^. 



ti. Juv. sk. La Barranca, Niooya, Costa Salvin-Godnian Coll. 



Rica, March (E.Arce). 



h. Ad. sk. Veragua {E. Arce). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



c, d. c^; e. 2 Lion Hill Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. (McLennnan). 



f-i. c? ad. et Remedies, Antioquia, Co- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



juv. sk. lombia {T. K. Salmon). 



8. Creciscus leucopyrrhxis. 



Ypacalia |3ardo acanelado y bianco, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 228 (1802). 

 Rallus leucopyrrlius, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Kaf. xxviii. p. 550 



(1819). 

 Coretbrura leucopyrrha, Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 24 (1847) ; Gray, 



Gen. B. iii. p. 595 (1846) ; Burm. Heis. La Plata, ii. p. 505 



(1861 : Tucnman). 

 Coretbrura bypoelucos, Liclit. Nomencl. Av. p. 96 (1854). 

 Laterirallus hypoleucus, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599 (1856). 

 Porzana leucopyrrha, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 454 ; iid. Nomencl. 



Av. Neotr. p. 140 (1873) ; Scl. Sf Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 154 



(1889); Berl. 8f Ihering, Zeitsch. r/es. Orn. ii. p. 109 (1885). 

 Aramides leucopyrrha, Gray, B.and-1. B. iii. p. 61, no. 10441 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown with a rufeseent 

 tinge ; wings like the back ; quills darker brown ; lower back, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail more dusky brown than the back ; 

 fore part of crown, sides of face, cheeks, and ear-coverts bright 

 rufous like the sides of the neck and sides of the breast ; throat 

 and under surface of body white, the flanks distinctly barred with 

 black ; under tail-coverts black, the lateral ones white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white : quills ashy brown below. Total 

 length 6'7 inches, culmen 0"75, wing t5'2, tail 1'9, tarsus 1-25, 

 middle toe and claw 1-45. 



Hah. Southern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. 



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



h. Imm. sk. [Chili.] Old Coll. 



9. Creciscus levraudi. 



Porzana levraudi, Scl. Sf Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 452, pi. xxxv. 



(Caracas) ; iid. Nuinencl. Av. Neotr. p. 1-39 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 512 (Venezuela). 

 Aramides levraudi, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 61, no. 10437 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-brown ; wing-coverts and 

 scapulars like the back ; primary-coverts and quills paler brown ; 

 inner secondaries dark brown, like the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts, as well as the tail-feathers ; crown of head and hind 

 neck like the back ; lores ashj-, surmounted by a narrow line of 

 vinous white ; sides of face and ear-coverts as well as the sides 

 of the neck, sides of breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts vinous 

 chestnut ; throat and centre of breast and abdomen white, with a 

 tinge of reddish on the fore neck ; under wiug-coverts and axil- 



