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Ana, Veracruz; Santa Eflgenla and Cacoprieto, Oaxaca ; Cozumel Island; 

 Belize Elver, British Honduras; Omoa, Honduras; Sucuya and Omotepe, 

 Nicaragua; La Palnaa de Nicoya and Rio Frio, Costa Kica). 



Aramus scolopaceus (not Ardea scolopacea Gmelin) Moobb, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1859, 64 (Belize River, British Honduras; near Omoa, Honduras).— 

 SonATBR and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 227 (Belize; Omoa).— Salvin, Ibis, 1870, 116 

 (Costa Rica). 



INotherodius] scolopaceus Heine and Reiohenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 

 321, part (Mexico). 



Aramus vociferus AMBatioAN Ornithologists' Union, Auk. xxv, 1908, 364, part; 

 Checklist North Amer. Birds, ed. 3, 1910, 101, part (Texas).— Cabeikee, Ann. 

 Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 425 (Bolson, Bebedero, La Palma de Nicoya, and 

 Guanacaste, Costa Rica.)— Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 13, flg. 4, 

 part (range).— Geiscom and Crosby, Auk. xlii, 1925, 527 (Brownsville, s. 

 Texas). 



Aramus vociferus subsp. Gbiscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 235, 1926, 8 (e. Quintana 

 Roo, Yucatan). 



Aramus giganteus American Ornithologists' Union, Checklist North Amer. 

 Birds, 1886, and ed. 2, 1895, No. 207, part (Central America). — Feeeaei-Peeez, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 177 (Santa Ana, Veracruz). — Zbledon, Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Oosta Rica, i, 1888, 131 (Costa Rica).— Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 378 

 (Cozumel Island, Yucatan). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 

 528 (Rio Frio, Costa Rica). — Lantz, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sd., 1896-97 

 (1899), 219 (Belize, British Honduras). — Steeckee, Baylor Univ. Bull. 15, 

 1912, 18 (occasional, coast of Texas). 



A[ramus] giganteus Sclates and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 141, part. — 

 RiDGWAT, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 136, part (Gulf of Mexico to Oosta 

 Rica). 



Aramus scolopaceus, var. giganteus Lawbenob, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 4, 1876, 49 

 (Santa Eflgenla, Oaxaca). 



Aramus liolostictus Sclatee and Sal\'in, Ibis, 1859, 227 (Belize; Omoa). — Salvik, 

 Ibis, 1870, 116 (Costa Rica). 



Aramus vociferus holostictus Millee (W. DeWV) and Geiscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., 

 No. 25, 1921, 12, 13, part (Brownsville, Tex. ; e. Mexico south to Panama). — 

 Obeeholseb, Auk. xl, 1923, 678 (Texas). 



Aramus pictus dolosus Petbes, Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., v. 1925, 144 

 (Bolson, Costa Rica; orig. descr. ; tax.; range) ; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixix, 

 1929, 409 (Martinez Creek, west of Tela, Honduras, habits; crit.) — Bangs, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 179 (type specimen in Mus. Comp. Zool.).— 

 Sassi, Temminckia, iu, 1938, 306 (Costa Rica, Bebedero, 6 specimens; 

 meas. ; crit). 



Aramus scolopaceus dolosus Peters, Checklist, Birds of World, ii, 1934, 155.— 

 Deignan, Auk. liii, 1936, 188 (specimen. La Ceiba, Honduras; colors of soft 

 parts).— VAN RossEM, Birds El Salvador, 1938, 158 (El Salvador, Barra de 

 Santiago ; San Sebastian ; rare in spring and summer in the mangroves and 

 costal swampy forests; colors of soft parts). 



ABAMUS SCOLOPACEUS PICTUS (Meyer) 



Florida Limpkin 



Adult (sexes alike). — Entire plumage except the chin and upper 

 throat olive-brown to raw umber, darkest on the hind neck inter- 

 scapulars, and back; much marked with white as follows: Forehead 



