Plate LXVII. 



THYRORHINA SCHOMBlJIlGKi; 



Ctex sdKomburgTci 



Micropt/gia schombwrgi 

 Orfygometra schomhurgTci 

 Thyrorliina sclioniburghi 



(SCHOMBUEGK'S CEAKE). 



Cab. in Schomb. Guian. ii. p. 245, et iii. p 760. 



Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 169. 



Bp. C. E. xliii. p. 599. 



Bp. Bull. Soc. Linn, de Normandie, p. 40 ; et Cat Ois. Cayenne, p. 16. 



Scl. et Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 458. 



Supra olivacea albo guttata, his maculis albis nigro circumdatis : subtus rubiginosa, gul& albicante, abdomine 

 medio albo : rostro corneo, mandibulae apice flava : pedibus aurantiacis : long, tota 50, alse 3'3, caudaa 1'4, rostri a 

 rictu 0'6, tarsi 0'85, dig. med. cum ungue 0'9. 



SaJ. in Guiana Brit. ((ScAootJ.) : Cayenna (JDeplanehes): Venezuela, Caripe (Goering): Caraccas (Levraud, in 

 Mus. Paris.) 



Head of Thyrorliina schomhurgTci.* 

 The peculiar form of the nasal openings, which are partly covered over in front by a 

 horny membrane and are completely divided from each other by a median septum, has induced 

 us to refer this species to a new genus, these characters not occurring in any other American 

 form of Rallinoe. In other respects this little Crake agrees generally with the smaller American 

 species of Porzana. The form of the wing corresponds nearly with that of P. noveboracensts, 

 the second and next three following primaries being nearly equal and longest, and the external 

 secondaries elongated, so as to be longer than- the outer ' primary. The toes are slender, the 

 middle toe with its nail hardly exceeding the tarsus in length. The tibise are feathered nearly 

 down to the joint. The tail is rather longer than is usual among the smaller Palh'doe, and not 

 sa much concealed by the coverts. 



* Svpoc,'porfa, et p's) nasus. 



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