ADDENDA. 337 



being edged with rufous, continue this streaked appearance on the 

 wing. The abdomen is dusky brown, with a few rufous cross Itars. 

 Total length 0-5 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-2, tail 2-9, tarsus 1'45, 



^(l(j . Page 130. Poliolimnas cinereus. 



k'. Ad. sk. Kajeli, TJourou, Dec. 5 II. 0. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 



(H. 0. F.). 



^^^ , Page 133. Porzanula palmeri. 



roizauula palmeri, Rothsch. Acif. Laysan, pt. i. p. 9, pi. 5 (1893). 



Page 135. Key to the species of Creciscus. 



Add to section : — 



b'. Breast whitish, rufous or grey on the sides. 



e". Sides of face and ear-coverts bluish grey ; fore- 

 head also slaty grey cinereiceps, 



^^j . Page 139. Creciscus melanophaeus. 



Crex lateralis, J. E. Gray, in Griffith's ed, Cuvier, An. Kinyd. iii. 



p. r,42, cum tab. (1829). 

 Ortvgonietra lateralis, G. R. Gray, List GralUc Brit. Mus. p. 199 



(1844). 



Specimens from Surinam are in the Ley den Museum, 



Page 140. Add :— 



7 a. Creciscus cinereiceps. 



Porzana cinereiceps, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. xi. p. 90 (1875) ; Ridgw. 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mtis. i. p. 252 (1878: Costa Kica) ; id. op. cit. vi. 



p. 409, note (18S:^) ; Richm. op. cit. xvi. p. 528 (1893). 

 Porzana leucogaster, Ridyuay, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 408 



(1883). 

 Creciscus leucogaster, Shatpe, anteit, p. 140. 

 Creciscus cinereiceps, Sharpe, anteit, p. 141. 



Achdt nude. Similar to C. nllnriularis, but easily distinguished by 

 its slaty-grey forehead and the bluish ashy ear-coverts and sides of 

 face : " bill apple-green at base ; feet olive ; iris carmine '' (C. W.R.). 

 Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3'15, tail 0'75, tarsus 1-15. 



Ailidt fe)ii(de. liesemblcs the male in colour. Total length 4*0 

 inches, ciilmen 0'65, wing 2-9, tail 0*7, tarsus 1*1. 



Yonnci. Sooty brown above, with reddish feathers here and 

 there, indications of the adult plumage ; throat and centre of breast 

 white, with sooty-brown bars on the latter ; sides of body, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts uniform sooty brown. 



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