48 Mr. C. Cliubb on Birds from [Ibis, 



b, c. Nestlings in down, Antisara, 1200 ft., October 1914. 

 " In black down which is for tlie most part tipped with white ; 

 round the base o£ the bill orange-red" {W. Goodfelloio) . 

 "Iris dark brown, eyelids scarlet; feet light yellow; bill 

 orange at base, tip vivid scarlet" {W. Goodfellow). 



Pardir alius maculatus. 



Kallas maculatus Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 48: 

 Cayenne. 



a. ,$ ; />. ? . Triijillo, N.W. Peru, September & December, 

 1912. " Iris crimson ; bill dark green, base of lower 

 mandible dull red ; feet purplish red " {Brahourne). 



Nos. 1317, 1352. Adult. Eten, Peru, October 1899. 

 Native name '^ Gallonita." "Found in tule swamp. '^ 

 Simons states that this bird is good-eating. 



After the exiuniuation of a series of fourteen specimens in 

 the British Museum from the following localities — Surinam, 

 Trinidad, Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Pernarabuco, 

 Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires, I see no appreciable 

 difference in the birds from any of the localities cited. This 

 appears to be the first record of this bird in Peru. 



The nestling of this species is entirely black. 



Pardirallus rityrhynchus rityrhynchus. 



Ypacaha purdo Azara, Apunt. i. 1802, p. 220. 



Rallus rihjrhynchos Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxviii. 

 1819, p. 459: Paraguay; Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. 

 1889, p. 149. 



Limnopardalm rityrhynchus Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. 1894<, p. 29, 



Nos. 4864, 4866, S ? , 4892. El Carrizal, Sierra de Cor- 

 doba, Argentina, 1000 metres, Nov. and Dec. 1915. 



Nos. 5216, 5218, ^ ? . Isla Ella, Delta del Parana, 

 Argentina, Jan. 1917. 



These specimens were collected and presented to the 

 British Museum by Mr. Robin Kemp. 



The series of this bird in the National Collection exhibits 

 much variation in colour, especially on the under surface, 



