1. ARAMPS. 237 



1. ARAMUS. ^ 



Type. 



Aramus, Vieill. Analyse, p. 58 (181G) A. scolopaceus. 



Notherodius, Wayler, Isis, 1829, p. 657 A. giganteus. 



Banrje. Southern Florida and throughout Central America to 

 Ecuador, Venezuela, and Guiana, and throughout the greater portion 

 of Brazil. 



1. Aramus scolopaceus. 



Le Courlan de Cayenne, Daubent. PI. Enl, viii. pi. S^. 



Le Courliri ou Courlan, Buff'. Kkt. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 442 (1780). 



Scolopaceou3 IJeron, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 102 (1785). 



Ardea scolopacea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 647 (1788, ex Lath.). 



Carau, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 202 (1802). 



Aramus scolopaceus, Vieill. N. Diet. Wllist. Nat. viii. p. 301 (1817) ; 

 Gray, List Grallm Brit. Mus. p. 93 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. App. 

 p. 27 (1849, pt.) ; Audub. B. Amer. pi. ccclxxvii. ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, 

 p. 312 ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. 23 (1847) ; Reichenb. Handb., Fulic. 

 tab. cxxvii. fig. 434 (1852) ; Bp. Consp. ii. p. 103 (1854, pt.) ; Burm. 

 Th. Bras. iii. p. 380 (1856) ; id. Eeis. La-Plata St. ii. p. 504 

 (1861 : Parana) ; Schl. Mus. Pays-Bas, Ralli, p. 7 (1865 : Cayenne) ; 

 Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 160 (Argentina) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 

 iii. p. 59, no. 10406 (1871) ; Pelz. Orn. Bras. pp. 314, 458 (1871 : 

 Rio Parana, Rio Araguay, C.iicara, Rio Brauco) ; Scl. S/- Salv. 

 Nojnencl. Av. Neotr. p. 141 (1873) ; iid. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 308 

 (Ucayali River) ; Hudson, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 102 (Buenos Ayres) ; 

 Garrod, t. c. p. 276 (Anatomy) ; Durnf. Ibis, 1877, p. 196 (Buenos 

 Ayres : breeding) ; Gibson, Ibis, 1880, p. 160 ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 

 1881, p. 644 (anatomy) ; Barroios, Auk, i. p. 277 (1^4 : Con- 

 cepcion) ; Berlepsch, Ibis, 1834, p. 440 (R. Orinoco) ; Tacz. Orn. 

 Perou, iii. p. 387 (1886) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1886 (British Guiana) ; Scl. 

 ^ Hudson, Argent. Orn. ii. p. 159 (1889) ; Graham Kerr, Ibis, 

 1891, p. 270 (Rio Pilcomayo) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 149 ; Holland, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 210 (Argentine Republic : breeding). 



Aramus carau, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 300 (1817) ; id. 

 Enc. M6t.h. iii. p. 1134 (1823). 



RaUus gigas, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 78 (1823 : San Paulo ; Monte- 

 video). 



Rallus ardeoldes, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 72, tab. xci. (1824). 



Notherodius guarauna, Neuweid, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. pt. 2, p. 777 

 (1833). 



Notherodius scolopaceus, Cab. in Schomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 759 

 (1848). 



Aramus guaraiuia, LM. Ois. Trinid. p. 489 (1866). 



Adult. General colour above and below dark chocolate-brown, 

 with a certain amount of olive-greenish or coppery reflection, 

 especially on the quills and tail-feathers ; the feathers of the back 

 and wing-coverts with narrow margins of pale brown, these margins 

 less distinct on the under surface of the body, which is also choco- 

 late-brown ; head and neck streaked with white, the streaks being 

 obsolete on the crown and ear-coverts but more strongly developed 

 on the cheeks and hinder neck, those on the latter part being very 

 broad and forming lanceolate centres to the feathers ; chin white ; 



