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about one-third as long as wing (A. axillans, A. mangle) to about 

 two-fifths as long (other species) , both acrotarsium and planta tarsi 

 each with a continuous single series of large transverse scutella ; the 

 posterior side of naked portion of tibia also with transverse scuteUa ; 

 outer toe with claw sometimes reaching to base of middle claw, some- 

 times falling decidedly short ; inner toe, without claw, reaching about 

 to penultimate articulation of middle toe ; hallux, without claw, about 

 as long as basal phalanx of outer toe or a little shorter ; claws rather 

 short and stout, moderately curved and compressed, moderately acute 

 to rather blunt. 



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Figure 7. — Aramides cajanea cajanea. 



Plumage and coloration. — Plumage rather dense, shorter and more 

 blended on head and neck, longer and more hairlike on back, scapu- 

 lars, and under parts; the wing coverts and remiges more distinctly 

 outlined. Plumage plain, without markings except on axillars and 

 under wing coverts, which are barred with black and white or rusty ; 

 upper parts mostly olive, passing into blackish on tail and becoming 

 more rufescent (often cinnamon-rufous) on primaries ; color of under 

 parts plain cinnamon-rufous, plain slate-grayish, or gray anteriorly 

 and cinnamon or cinnamon-rufous posteriorly, the under tail coverts 

 always blackish. 



Range. — Continental Tropical America. (Eight species.) ^° 



"Of the known species the following were not examined in the preparation 

 of the above description of the generic characters: A. wolfl Berlepsch and 

 Taczanowskl, A. gutturalis Sharpe, and A. calopterus Sclater and Salvin. 



