45G MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [JuilC 25, 



Ci-eciscus jamaicensis, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1856, p. 428 ; Gundl. Rep. 

 F. N. i. p. 3G2. 



Rallus salinasi, Philippi, "Wiegm. Arch. 1857, p. 2G2. 

 Crex pyc/mcea, Blackwall, Brewster's Journ. vi. p. 77 (1832). 

 Ortyyometra jamaicensis et O. chilensis, Bp. C. R. xliii. p. 599. 

 Supra cinerea, brnnneo, pracipue in dorso summo, perfusa : capiie, 

 dorso toto et alls extus albo stellatis : subtus cinerea, gula (in 

 junioribus) albescente : hypochondriis, ventre imo et crisso albo 

 transfasciatis : rostro plumbeo, pedibus pallide corylinis : long, 

 tola 5"5, alee 2"9, caudce 1*4, rostri a rictu 0"7, tarsi 0"y, dig. 

 med. cum ungue 1*15. 

 Hab. Amer. bor. status Atlanticos merid. (Baird) ; Jamaica 

 (Osburn) ; Cuba (Gundl.); Guatemala (Salvin) ; New Granada 

 (Schteyel); Lima (Nation) ; Chili (Philippi). 

 Mus. Brit, et S. & G. 



We have compared skins of this bird from Guatemala, Jamaica, 

 Lima, and Chili, without being able to detect any differences suffi- 

 cient to distinguish them specifically. In some specimens the throat 

 is nearly white ; but this occurs in one skin from Chili, and not in a 

 second, and may be attributable to immaturity. The southern spe- 

 cimens are also rather larger. 



Ortygometra chilensis is a name probably intended by Bonaparte 

 for this southern form, which seems also to be described by Philippi 

 as Rallus salinasi (I. s. c). 



14. PORZANA SPILONOTA. 



Zapornia spilonota, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 132, t. 49. 



Nigricanti-cinerea fere unicolor, dorso et alls extus oleagineo perfusis : 

 hypochondriis et tectriclbus caudte inferioribus obsolete albo nota- 

 tis: long, iota 5'25, al<s 2*75, caudce 1"1, tarsi 0"85, rostri 75, 



Hab. Galapagos (Darwin). 



Mus. Brit. 



Obs. Affinis P. tabuensi ex inss. maris Pacifici. 



15. PoRZANA NOTATA. 



Zapornia notata, Gould, Zool. Voy. Beagle, iii. p. 132, t. 48. 

 Supra obscure olivaceo-brunnea, albo stellata: subtus nigra albo 

 omnino variegata: long, tola 5'5, alee 3*0, caudce 1"3, tarsi 0*9, 

 rostri a rictu 0"5. 

 Hab. in rep. Argentina (Darwin); Patagonia (D'Orb. in Mus. 

 Par.). 



Mus. Brit, et Paris, 



16. PoRZANA CINEREA. 



Rallus cinereus, Vieill. N. D. xxviii. p. 556, et Enc. Meth. p. 1066. 

 Ortyyometra cinerea, Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 593 : Leotaud, Ois. 

 de Trin. p. 495. 



Gallinula rujicollis, Sw. An. in Men. p. 349. 



Rallus exilis, Temm. PL Col. 523. 



Pjjrzana exilis, Sd. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 567. 



