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fore part of face and forehead blackish witli glossy-black 

 shaft-lines to the feathers ou the latter ; hinder face, throat, 

 sides of neckj breast, and abdomen deep bluish slate-colour ; 

 vent, . lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts dusky 

 black ; under wing-coverts blackish brown. This bird differs 

 also by its shorter and much more slender bill. 



" Bill olive-green, bluish at the base of the upper mandible, 

 a large blotch of red on the sides ; iris red ; feet yellowish 

 red " ( Taczanowski) . 



Total length 301 mm., exposed culmen 48, wing 131, 

 tail 59, tarsus 43, middle toe and claw 50. 



Habitat. Central Peru. 



The type, which is in the British Museum, was collected at 

 Junin, central Peru. 



Pardirallus rityrhynchus sanguinolentus. 



Rallies sanguinolentus Swains. Anim. in Menag. 1837, 

 p. 335 : " Inhabits Brazil and Chile. '^ I designate Chile as 

 the type-locality. 



Pardirallus sanguinolentus Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. 

 i. 1912, p. 22, no. 222. 



Nos. 234, 324. Maquehue, Tamuco, southern Chile, March 

 1908-09. 



No. 54. Maquehue, Tamuco, southern Chile, Sept. 1905. 



Nos. 46, 47. Petal, Tamuco, Nov. 1909. Indian name, 

 " Piden." 



The specimens mentioned above are in fully adult plumage 

 and are typical P. sanguinolentus of Swainson. They were 

 collected by Messrs. D. S. Bullock and A. C. Saldafia and 

 are now in the British Museum. 



Aramides wolfi. 



Aramides wolfi Berl. & Tacz. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 576 : Chimbo, 

 W. Ecuador ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 1894, p. 55 : 

 Balzar Mts. ; Salvad. & Festa, Boll. Mus. Torino, xv. 

 No. 368, 1900, p. 40 : forest of the Rio Peripa, W. Ecuador. 



a. ? . Mindo, W. Ecuador, 31 Dec. 1913. " Iris reddish 



gold ; eyelids bright red ; feet bright rose-pink ; bill light 



emerald, base golden green" {W. Goodfdlotv). 



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