320 EALLID^. 



This Wood-Rail is distinguished by the pale whitish tips to the chestnut feathers of 

 the lower part of the breast ; the name albwentris, however, is not particularly well 

 chosen, as the entire belly is not white. It differs further from A. chiricote and 

 A. cayennensis in the vinous-red patch on the crown. 



The habits of this species are doubtless similar to those of its allies. Mr. Leyland 

 says that its cry is remarkable, and more like that of a quadruped than a bird. 



4. Aramides plumbeicollis. 



Aramides plumbeicollis, Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i. p. 131 ^ ; ii. p. 3 '^ ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



Brit. Mus. xxiii. p. 53, note'; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 528*; Underwood, 



Ibis, 1896, p. 450 '. 

 Artamides cayennensis (nee Gm.), Scl. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 280'; v. Frantzius, J. f. Om. 



1869, p. 375 '; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 131 " ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. X. p. 594 °. 

 Ortygarchus cayennensis (nee Gm.), Cab. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 212". 

 Aramides ruficollis (nee Bp.), Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 178". 



A. alhiventri similis, et plaga nuchali vinaceo-rufa ; coUo imo saturate schistaceo ; pectore saturate 

 cinnamomeo, et plumis albido terminatis nullis. Long, tota circa 15'0, abe 7"8, caudae 2-1, culm. 2-4, 

 tarsi 3*1. (Descr. maris adulti ex MiravaUes, Costa Rica. Mus. Brit.) 



Hah. Honduras, Segovia River {Townsend '^ ^) ; Nicaragua, Blewfields [Wickham^), 

 Greytown [Holland ^i), Escondido River {Richmond'^) ; Costa Rica {v. Frantzius' ^^), 

 Eastern slope [Richmond ^), Alajuela [Zeledon ^}, MiravaUes ^, Carrillo ( Under- 

 wood), Jimenez [Alfaro ^ ^) . 



This is a dark-plumaged race of A. chiricote, but is distinguished by the vinous 

 patch on the nape ; the grey on the throat is darker and more extended, while the 

 white is somewhat restricted ; the chestnut colour of the breast and wings is deeper 

 and the whitish-tipped feathers of the latter are absent. Mr. Richmond * shot one of 

 a pair in the woods on the bank of the Escondido River, Nicaragua, at which the other 

 bird set up a loud scolding. He states that this specimen agreed with the typical bird 

 obtained at Jimenez by Senor Alfaro, who informed him that the allied species, 

 A. chiricote, was found only on the Pacific coast in Costa Rica. All specimens from 

 the eastern side examined by Mr. Richmond proved to be A. plumbeicollis, with the 

 exception of a single individual labelled " Talamanca [Gabb)"; the bird from the 

 Segovia River in the National Museum also belongs to the latter species. Mr. Under- 

 wood obtained two examples on the Volcan de MiravaUes and saw another; they were 

 very tame and allowed of a close approach. 



AMAUROLIMNAS. 



Porzana, pt., auct. recent. 



Amaurolimnas, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, i. p. xxviii (1893) ; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxiii. 

 p. 87 (1894). 



