1919-] Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. 53 



material it iniglit prove to be a distinct form, in which case 

 it may bear the uame of 



Aramides cajanea grahami, subsp. nov. 



Total length 330 mm,, exposed culmeu 53, wing 275, 

 tail 60, tarsus 73, middle toe and claw 65. 



Habitat. Para. 



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

 Ijy the late Ronald Graham at Para, Brazil. 



Aramides cajanea salmoni. 



Aramides cajanea salmoni Chubt), Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 

 xxxviii. 4 March, 1918, p. 48 : Remedios, Antioquia, 

 Colombia. 



Aramides cayanea Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 1894, 

 p. 57 (part, specimen b) : Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia. 



Aramides chiricote (nee Vieill.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. 1894, p. 58 (part, specimens /, m, n, : interior of 

 Colombia, Panama and Veragua). 



Tills form has been separated from A. c. cajanea on 

 account of having the back and upper wing-coverts bronze 

 olive-green instead of rufous-brown, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts smoke-black instead o£ deep black, the neck all 

 round ash-grey instead of dark slate-grey, the abdomen 

 rufous instead of chestnut, and the thighs pale ash-grey 

 instead of dark dusky grey. 



Habitat. Western Venezuela (Merida) and Colombia to 

 Panama. 



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

 at Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia, by T. K. Salmon, 

 Salviu-Godman collection. 



Aramides cajanea chiricote. 



Rallus chiricote Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxviii. 1819, 

 p. 551 : Paraguay. 



Gallinula ruficeps Spix, Av. Bras. ii. 1825, p. 74, tab. xcvi. : 

 " Provincio Rio de Janeiro." 



Aramides cayanea (uec Miill.) Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xxiii. 1894, p. 57 (part, specimen/) : Rio de Boraxudo. 



Aramides chiricote Shur[)e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxiii. 1894, 



