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they crow^ with a loud and curious kind of crow of their own, 
repeated three times in succession. Iris brown ; bare skin 
on the face brownish grey ; throat red ; legs and feet red. 
They feed largely on the young shoots of bushes, and are 
especially fond of yuca-shoots. Indian name *' Guataracu." 
Fam. Rallid^e. 
-f-538. Rallus maculatus (Bodd.). » 
A male caught by a dog near the Cauca River, Popayan. 
"We saw one or two in captivity there, running about the 
houses. Iris dark red ; bill yellowish olive^ orange near the 
base ; legs light greenish yellow. 
539. Rallus ^quatorialis. 
A pair from the Santa Carolina marshes near Quito. The 
female has only a slight touch of white on the shoulders, and 
has a white underside to the tail. 
540. Porzana castaneiceps Scl. & Salv. 
A male from Archidona, Eastern Ecuador. Shot among 
the thick undergrowth of the forest. Bill greenish yellow ; 
legs olive- green ; iris dark brown. 
541. FULICA ARDESIACA Tsch. 
We shot a pair of Coots on the marshes near Quito, 
which appear to be typical Fulica ardesiaca. Iris red ; bill 
and forehead pink ; legs and feet light green_, bluish in 
parts. 
542. EuLiCA sp. inc. 
On the small lakes near Cotopaxi, on the way to the 
Valle de Viciosa, we shot another pair of Coots, which diflPer 
from P. ardesiaca and may belong to an undescribed form. 
In this case the bill and forehead in both sexes were pale 
yellow, with a green tip and reddish sides. Legs and feet 
bluish grey in the female and of a darker slate-colour in the 
male. 
Fam. EuRYPYGiD^. 
-^ 543. EuRYPYGA MAJOR (Hartl.). 
A male from Santo Domingo. 
