40. NEOCRKX. 1G3 



/?. iii. p. o(i/no. 10371 (1871). 

 Uous-etius abvssinicus, Bp. C. li. xliii. p. 590 (ISoO). 

 Ivallina abvssinica, Sc/il. Ahm. Pay^-Bas, I'alli, p. IG (LSOr)"). 

 Pailabeornis rougeti, JleufjI. Orn. X.O.-Afr. iii. ]). 1248 {1871). 

 Calamodromus rougeti, JL-ine S,- Ili-ic/u-n. Nomend. Mut. Ilii'n. 



p. 322 (1800). 



yldnlt. General colour above dark (>live-bro\vn, more dusky on 

 the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; wings rather darker 

 than the back, with a .slight bronzy lustre on the quills; tail- 

 featlicrs blackish ; crown of head like the back, the hind neck a 

 little lighter olive ; lores, sides of face, and ear-coverts dark brown, 

 with a slight rufous tinge on the lores ; cheeks, sides of ueck, and 

 under surface of body deep vinous chestnut, paler and more isabel- 

 line on the throat ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs dusky olive- 

 brown, with a slight rufous tinge ; under tail-coverts white ; under 

 wing-coverts uad quill-lining bronzy brown : " bill dusky red; feet 

 dusky reddish ; iris bright chestnut-red "' (von HeutjUn). Total 

 length 11 inches, culmen 1-4, wing 5-2, tail 2-9. 



IIaJ>. Abyssinia and Shoa. 



a. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Shellev Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Lake Ashangi, Abvssinia, W. T.'Blanford, E*q. 



May 0. [C.l. 



c. $ ad. sk. Lake Ashaugi, May 4 Tweeddale Coll. 



{W. r.B.). 



(I. Ad. St. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



40. NEOCREX. 



Type. 

 Xeocrex, Sol. ^- Sale. P. Z. S. 1808, p. 459 X. ervthrops 



Range. The same as that of the single species, 



1. Neocrex erythrops. 



Porzana erythrops, Scl. P. Z. S. 18G7, ]>. 343. tab. 21 ; Scl Sc Salr 

 P. Z. S. 1808, p. 4o9; ScL P. Z. S. 18(i9, p. 148 (Lima); Pelz. 

 Orn. BniH. p. 31 7 (8. \'icfnte. Matogrosso) ; Scl. Sc Salt: Xumencl 

 Av. p. 140 (1S73): Ilmhon. P. Z. S. 187(!, p. lOo' (Buenos Aires : 

 bn-edmg); Tnc:. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 330 (Lima); id. Orn. Peroii, 

 ill. p. 32o (1880). 



Porzaua .schomburgki (fiec Cab.), Sc/tl. Mas. Paus-Bas, Ilalli. p. .•J7 

 (1805). ' ^ 



Aramides erytlirops, Graij, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 02, no. 10449 (1871). 



Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, a little darker 

 on the lower back, rump, and ujiper tail-covcrts ; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; bastard-wing, i)rimary-covcrts, and (juills more ashy 

 brown; the secondaries like the 'back: tail brown; forehead and 

 sides of crown, sides of face, and under surface of body clear slaty 

 grey ; contro of crown and nape olive-browu like the back ; lores 



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