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Ortygops notata (Gould). 



Zapornia notata, Gould, Voy. "Beagle," Birds, p. 132, pi. 48 (1841 : Rio 



Plata). 

 Ortygometra notata, Gray, Gen. B. III. p. 594 (1846). 

 Porzana notata, Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 456; iid. Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr., p. 140 (1873); Scl. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 255 (Uruguay). Burm. 



An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Ayres, III. Part X. p. 246 (1888: Patagonia); 



Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 155 (1889). 

 Aramides notata. Gray, Handl. B. III. p. 61, no. 10445 (1871). 

 Ortygops notata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. XXIII. p. 121 (1894); id. 



Hand-list B. I. p. 104 (1899). 



General description. 



Size. — Total length, 5.3 inches. 



Culmen, 0.45 inch. 



Wing, 3.1 inches. 



Tail, 2.25 inches. 



Tarsus, 0.8 inch. 



Color. — General color above chocolate brown mottled and spotted with 

 black and white ; below grayish white, mottled on the breast and barred 

 on the sides and flanks with dusky, or blackish markings. 



Head : Crown of head darker chocolate brown, F'g. 24. 



with many markings or spots of white. Lores 

 dusky brown, with a whitish streak above. Sides 

 of face and cheeks dusky blackish with numerous 

 white spots. 



Neck : Chin and upper throat whitish, the throat 

 mottled with dusky brown. The rest of the front \ 



of the neck whitish, mottled with the dusky black Ortygops notata Pro- 



111 file of head and neck, 



centers of each feather. Back of the neck darker ghowincr color pattern, 

 chocolate brown than back, shading on the sides into Natural size. 

 the lighter region of the front of the neck. 



Back : Chocolate brown, generally mottled with black centers to the 

 feathers and white spots. On the lower back and rump the white spots 



