238 ARAirro^. 



throat browu, with indistinct streaks of whity brown ; on the breast 

 and lower abdomen a few obsoleiie streaks of white : " bill blackish 

 on the sides, greyish green in the middle, and rather pale yellowish 

 at the base, and dark green on the culmen ; feet dark blackish 

 grey; iris greyish brown " (Neuwied). Total length about 22 inches, 

 culmen -i'l, wing 11*7, tail 5*5, tarsus 4"7, middle toe and claw 3-8. 

 Hab. South-eastern Erazil and Paraguay, east to the Pilcomayo 

 and north to Guiana and Venezuela. 



2. Aramus pictus. 



Tantalus pictus, Bartram, Trav. Florida, p. 291 (1792). 



Aramus scolopaceus, Vieill. {nee Gm.) Gal. Ois. ii. p. 134, pi. 252 

 (1825); Biy.Amer. Orn. iv, p. Ill, pi. 26. fig. 2 (1833); Nutt. 

 Man. ii. p. 68 (1834) ; Audub. Orn. Biogr. iv. p. 543 (1838, mc 

 pi. ccclxxvii.) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, v. p. 181 (1842, nee pi. 312) ; 

 Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 355 (1847) ; Gray, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 27 

 (1849); Bp. Consp. ii. p. 103 (1854, pt.) ; Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 236 (S. Domingo) ; Moore, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 64 (Omoa) ; Scl. 

 P. Z. S. 1860, p. 290 (Babahoyo) ; Maynard, B. East. N. Amer. 

 p. 425 (1879) ; Tacz. ^ Berlepsch, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 119 (Babahoyo). 



Rallus giganteus, Bp. Journ. Acad. Philad. v. p. 31 (1825). 



Notherodius guarauna (nee Nemoied), Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 657 

 (Cuba). 



Aramus guarauna, D^Orbign. in Ramon de la Sagra's JET. N. Cuba, 

 Ois. p. 256 (1839) ; Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 308 

 (1860: Cuba). 



Notherodius scolopaceus (nee Gm.), Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 426, 

 1862, p. 89 ; id. Bepert. Fisieo-Nat. Cuba, i. p. 360 (1866). 



Notherodius holostictus, Cab. J. f. O. 1856, p. 426. 



Aramus gigauteus, Baird, Cass. ^- Laivr. B. N. Amer. p. 657 (1858 : 

 Florida) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 81 (Jamaica) ; G. C. Taylor, Ibis, 

 1862, p. 129 ; Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. x. p. 257 (1866 : Porto 

 Rico), xi. p. 97 (1867 : San Domingo) ; Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet,' 

 Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1869, p. 601 (Porto Rico) ; Gray, Hand-l. B, 

 iii. p. 59, no. 10407 (1871) ; Scl. Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr, 

 p. 141 (1873) ; Gundl. J.f. 0. 1875, p. 353; id. Anal. Soc. Fsp. 

 Hist. vii. p. 387 (1878) ; A. <^ F. Newt. Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 

 (1881); Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 389 (1884: 

 Nicaragua), p. 396 (Omatepe Island) ; A. 0. U. Check-l. p. 140 

 (1886) ; Cory, Auk, v. p. 50 (1888) ; Scott, Auk, vi. p. 152 (1889 : 

 Florida) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1889, p. 278 (Cozuniel Isl.) ; Cory, B. TV, 

 Ind. p. 251 (1889) ; id. Cat. West Ind. B. p. 90 (1892) ; Scott, Auk, 

 ix. p. 11 (1892: Jamaica) ; id. t. c. p. 212 (Florida). 



Ai-amus holostictus, Scl. Sf Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 227 (BeUze, Omoa) ; 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1870, p. 116 (Costa Rica). 



Aramus scolopaceus, var. giganteus, Coues, Key N. Amer. B. p. 271 

 (1872). 



Aramus pictus, Coues, Proc. Philad. Acad. 1875, p. 354 ; Ridgw. Proc, 

 U.S. Nat, Mus,m. pp. 202, 231 (1880) ; Coues, Check-l. N. Amer. B, 



