35. CRTCciscus. 143 



laries pale vinous red, the median series whitish. Total length (r(! 

 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 3'3, tail 1-4, tarsus l"2o, middle toe and 

 claw 1"5. 



Ilab. Venezuela. 



«. Ad. sk. Venezuela {Speiice). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



10. Creciscus ruber. 



Coretbrura rubra, Scl. ^ Sah. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 300 ; ml. Ilk, 1860, 



p. 'in (Cobau). 

 Porzana rubra, Scl. 4' Snlv. E.v. Orn, p. 31, pi. xvi. (1867) : iid. 



P. Z. S. 1868, p. 4/52; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 139 (lf<7;Jj ; 



Stdcin, Ibis, 1890, p. 89 (Yucatan). 

 Aramidesrubra, Gray,Hand-l. B. iii. p. 00, uo. 10434 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above chocolate-brown, slightly washed 

 with rufous ; wing-coverts like the back, but with a little more 

 rufous tint; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills ashy brown, 

 the inner secondaries brown like the back ; tail-feathers dark 

 brown ; crown of head slaty grey, as also the entire sides of the 

 face ; hind neck and mantle deep chestnut, as also the sides of the 

 body and the under tail-coverts ; a faint supraloral line of isabel- 

 line ; throat and under surface of body bright chestnut, darker on 

 the sides and inclining to vinous on tlie abdomen ; thighs extern- 

 ally grey, internally vinous ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 pale chestnut, the greater series ashy, edged with rufous ; quills 

 ashy below. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0'85, wing 3-2, tail 

 l'3o, tarsus 1"25, middle toe and claw l"5o. 



Hah. Central America. 



n, 6. cJ; c. 9 Cozumel Island, Feb. {G. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ad. sk. F. Gaunter). 



d. Ad. sk. British Honduras {Blait- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



ca7icau.i). 



e, f. Ad. sk. Guatunuila. Purcliased. 



//. Ad.sk. Cobau, Vera Paz, Nov. (O. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



'S'.). (Type of species.) 



//, i'. (J : A-, /. Ad. Choctum, Vera Paz, .Jan. Salvin-Godinau Coll. 



(O. .S-. >S-i-'. T). G.). 



til. Ad. sk. Lake of Duefias, Dec. (O. Salviu-Godman Coll. 



S.). 



n. Ad. sk. Vera Paz (O. S.). Tweeddale Coll. 



11. Creciscus cayanensis *. 



Eale de Cayenne, Dauhoit. PI. Enl. ix. pi. 308. 

 IJiilo a ventre roux de Cavenne, Dauhent. t. o. pi. 7o3. 

 L,- Kiolo, liiif. Higf. Xtii ()i.i. viii. p. llU ( ITt-l). 

 liallns viridis, P. L. S. Midi. Si/.ff. Sat. Siij>pl. p. li'O (1770) ; Cass. 

 Prvc. Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 247. 



• The oldest name for this species is undoubtodly viridis of P. L. S. Miiller, 

 but I do not adopt it, as there is nothing ^rcr« about the plumage of the bird. 



