66 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



•v\-orld. Fourteen genera and fifty-six species occur in South 

 America, of which nine genera and fifteen species are represented 



in Briti-h Guiana. 



Genus EALLUS Linn. 

 SaUus Linne, Svst. Nat. 10th ed. p. 153, 17oS. Type S. aquaficus Linn. 

 This senus is characterized chieflv bv its loncj and slender hill, 

 ^A-hich, in R. loivjirostns, is almost equal in length to that of the 

 middle toe and claw. 



34. Rallus longirostris. 

 Long-billed Rail. 



Rallus lonqirostris Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. -52, 1783 (Cayenne) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mas. xxiii. p. 10, 1891 (Berbice;'; Brabourne & 

 Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 21. no. 213, 1912. 



Mallus crepitans (nee Gmel.), Cab. in Schomb. Eels. Guian. iii. p. 760, 

 no. 213, 1848. 



Achdt female. Upper surface brown with pale edgings to the 

 feathers, giving a streaked appearance, more narrowly on the h- ad 

 and hind-neck ; sides of face, fore-neck, and breast pale rufous ; 

 greater upper wing-coverts also tinged with rufous ; middle of 

 abdomen buffy-white ; sides of body, under tail-coverls, and under 

 wino^-coverts brown barred with white. 



Total length 340 mm., culmen 53, wing 13.:>, tail 4G, tarsus 47, 

 middle toe and c'aw 56. 



Adult male. Similar to the adult female. 



The fciuale described was collected at Laniaha. 



Breedhig- season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



^est. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Eggs. Undescribed from British Guiana. 



liange in British Guiana. Lamaha (McConnell collection). 



Extralimital Range. Cayenne, Trinidad. 



Habits. Schomburgk says (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 7(jOj tliat this 

 species is more generally found in grassy or boggy places ajid less 

 ccmmonly in woods. 



Genus ARAMIDES Pucher. 



Aratniiles Pucheran, Rev. Zool. lbl-3, p. 277. T^-pe A. cayennensis 

 (Gmel.). 



The members of this genus are of rather large size, with 

 straight bills, strong feet, long toes, and short tails ; the middle 

 toe and claw about equal in length to that of the taisus. 



