AEAMIDES. 319 



Aramides cayennensis (nee Gm.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 143'; Cass. Pr. Acad. Philad. 1860, 

 p. 196'; Salv. P.Z.S. 1867, p. 161 ^ Sel. & Salv. P.Z. S. 1868, p. 447°; Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 143 "; Richm. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 528 '\ 



Supra viridescenti-olivaceus, seoundariis intimis dorso concoloribus ; tectricibus alarum interioribus magis 

 ochracescentibus ; tectricibus reliquis externis et remigibus ferrugineis, his ad apicem brunneis ; dorso 

 postico brunnescenti-nigro ; uropygio, supracaudalibus et rectricibus nigris ; pileo schiBtaceo, postice 

 obscure fuscescente ; collo postico et interscapulio summo schistaceo-cinereis ; loris et facie laterali tota 

 pallida cinereis ; gutbure albo ; praepectore angusto cinereo ; corpore reliquo subtus dilute castaneo ; 

 hypochondriis imis, crisso et subcaudalibus nigerrimis ; tibiis cinereis ; subalaribus et axiUaribus 

 ferrugineis, nigro late fasciatis ; remigibus infra rufis : rostro flavo, apice viridi ; pedibus paUide 

 corallinis ; palpebris et iride leete coccineis. Long, tota circa 12-0, alae 7" 7, caudae 2-5, culm. 2-1, 

 tarsi 3"15. (Descr. exempl. ad. ex Veragua. Mus. nostr.). 



Hob. Costa Rica, Pacific slope {Alfaro ^^), Talamanca [Gabb i^), Santa Ana (Zeledon ^^) ; 

 Panama, David {Bridges ^ ^, Hicks i^), Veragua [Arce ^), Lion Hill Station {M' Lean- 

 nan ^ ^ ^^ Brown ^), Laguna de Pita (Festa *). — Colombia ^ ; Amazons ^ ; Brazil ^ ; 

 Peru ^. 



This is a race of A. cayennensis, Gmel., but differs from it in having a brown shade 

 on the back of the head and neck. Its range extends from Eastern and Central 

 Brazil through. Amazonia to Colombia and Costa Rica. A. chiricote frequents the 

 scrub on the banks of rivers and salt-water marshes. 



3. Aramides albiventris. 



Aramides albiventris, Lawr. Pr. Acad. Philad. 1867, p. 234' ; Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 143' ; Bull. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 49 ^ Scl. & Salv. P.Z.S. 1870, p. 838*; Salv. Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 327'; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 229'; Boucard, P.Z.S. 1883, p. 462'; Ferrari-Perez, 

 Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 177'; Herrera, La Nat. (2) i. pp. 186', 327"; Salv. Ibis, 1889, 

 p. 378", 1890, p. 89"; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 59"; Richm. Pr. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. xviii. p. 627 ". 



Aramides cayennensis (nee Gm.), Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 206 " ; 1859, p. 393 '' ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 

 1859, p. 230 " ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 64 ". 



Aramides maximus, Dug^s, La Nat. i. p. 142 ". 



A. chiricoU similis, sed pileo postico vinaceo-rufo, pectore pallidiore einnamomeo, et plumis pectoris imi 

 albido terminatis. Long, tota circa 13-5, alee 7-6, caudse 2-5, culm. 2-5, tarsi 34. (Descr. av. adulti ex 

 Choctum. Mus. nostr.). 



Hab. Mexico, Alta Mira [Armstrong ";, Tampico and Tehuantepec {Richardson ^% 

 San Francisco {Sumichrast% Valley of Mexico (fierrera ^ i»), • Vera Cruz 

 {Buges ^% San Andres Tuxtla {Salle ^% Actopam, Vega de Alatorre {Ferrari 

 Perez 8), Playa Vicente, Vega del Casadero, Laguna Verde {Trujillo^^), Oaxaca 

 {Boucard i^ Eichardson i^), Las Bocas de Silan, W. Yucatan {Cabot ^ 7), Cozumel 

 l,ui2 (^Qaumer); British Honduras S Belize {Blancaneaux ^^} ; Guatemala i, 

 Choctum, Vera Paz, mouth of Rio Samala {0. S. & F. B. G.^^), Retalhuleu 

 {Richardson i^); Hondukas, Omoa {Leyland i^ is), San Pedro {WhUely^); Costa 

 Rica {Carmiol^^). 



