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195. NOTHOOERCUS INTERCEDENS Salvacl.. 



JSfothocercus intercedens Salvadovi, Cat. B, Bi-it. Mns. xxTii. 

 p. 513 (1895.— Frontino, W, Colombia), 



iY. hoiuqnirtii (nee Gray) Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 548 

 (Frontino, Concordia). 



Ko. 2728. 2 ad. Pueblo Rico (5200 ft.), 16.viii.09.— Wing 203 ; 

 tail 70 ; bill 32 mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet grey, maxilla black, mandible grey," 



The specimen agrees with Salvadori's description. The throat 

 is white, washed with pale rufescent buff on its lower portion. 

 The rump, upper tail-coverts, wings, as well as the abdomen, are 

 marked with numerous white or buffish dots, 



N. intercedens is peculiar to the Western Cordillera of Colombia 

 (Frontino, Concordia, Pueblo Rico). In southern Central America 

 it is represented by N.frantzii Lawr.*, in the Eastern Cordillera 

 and in the mountains of Western Venezuela hj X. honapartei 

 Gray f. 



196. Creciscus albigularis Lawr. 



Corethrura alhignlaris Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. IST, Y. vii. 

 p. 302 (Jan. 1861.— Panama Railroad). 



Porzana cdhignlaris Sclater & >Salvin, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 546 

 (Remedies). 



Crecisctis alhignlaris Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. 1902, p. 604 

 (S, Javier, N.W. Ecuador). 



No. 2144. 6 vix ad. Sipi, Rio Sipi, 1 .x.08.— Wing 75 ; tail 30 ; 

 bill 18 mm. 



" Iris orange-yellow, feet dark greenish brown, bill black." 



This bird agrees with typical Panama specimens, the head above 

 being russet-brown, the chin and upper throat conspicuously 

 white, etc. There are a few cinnamon-rufous spots, but no white 

 bars, on the upper wing-coverts. 



C. albigularis ranges from Panama south to N.W. Ecuador 

 (San Javier, pi'ovinee Esmeraldas). 



197. JoNORNis MARTINICA Linn, 



Fidica martinica Linnaeus, Syst, Nat. 12, i. p. 259 (1766 — "in 

 IVfartinicje inundatis"). 



Porphyrio martinicus Sclater & Salvin, 1. c. p. 546 (Medellin), 



No, 2713. 2 ad. Tado (230 ft.), 18.vi.09. 



" Iris light brown, feet yelloAvish brown, bill red, tip yellow." 



198. Aramides wolfi Berl. & Tacz. 



Aramides uiolfi'Be\\e\){ic\i & Taczanowski, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 576 



* Thianms frantzii Lawrence, Ann. Lj'c. N. H. N. Y. ix. p. 140 (1868.— Cervantes, 

 Costa Rica). 



t Tinamus honapartei G. R. Gray, List Sirec, B, Brit. Mus., v. Galling, 

 p. 97 (1867. — Vallej' of Aragua, W. Yeney.uela). 



