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KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF AEAMIDES 



o. Under wing coverts black and white, witli no brownish. 



&. Under wing coverts black, broadly tipped, but not otherwise barred with 



vrhite Aramides caloptenis (extralimital)" 



6B. Under wing coverts barred black and white__ Aramides axillaris (p. 124) 

 aa. Under wing coverts brown, with or without white or blackish bars. 

 6. Underparts entirely slate gray, throat white. 



Aramides saracura (extralimital)" 



66. Breast rufescent. 

 c. No gray on the throat. 



d. Abdomen black Aramides wolfi (extralimital)" 



dd. Abdomen ashy Aramides mangle (extrallmital)" 



"Aramides calopterus. — Aramides calopterus Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1878, 439, pi. 28 (Sarayacu, e. Ecuador; coll. Brit. Mus.) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 62 ( Sarayacu) ; Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 Nat. Hist., Iv, 1926, 136 (Eio Suno and below San Jos6, Ecuador) ; Peters, 

 Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1984, 176.— [Aramides] calloptera Sharpe, Hand- 

 list, i, 1899, 98. 



" Aramides saracura. — Qallinula saracura Spix, Av. Bras., ii, 1823, 75, pi. 98 

 (Brazil). — Aramides saracura Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 1868, 449; Reinhardt, Vid. Medd. Kj0benhavn, 1870, 44; Pelzeln, Orn. Bras., 

 1871, 316, 458; Taczanowski, Orn. P6rou, iii, 1886, 319; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 61 (Santa Fe in Mlnas Geraes, Pelotas in Kio Grande 

 do Sul, and Tpanema, Brazil) ; Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 

 IIQ.— [Aramides] saramira Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 60, No. 10428; Sclater 

 and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 139; Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 98.—Rallus 

 nigricans (not of Vieillot) Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, iv, 

 1825, 386; Burmeister, Journ. fur Orn., 1853, 176 (descr. eggs) .—Rallus 

 melanurus Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, v, pt. 1, 1825, 139 

 (no locality mentioned). — Qallinula plumhea Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, Aves, 

 1845-6, 52, 302. — 0[allinula] plumbea Tschudi, Wiegmann's Archiv. fiir Nat, 

 x, pt. i, 1844, 313 (Peru). — Aramides plumieus Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 

 594.— Aramides plumieas Hartlaub, Syst. Azara's Apunt, 1847, 23 ; Burmeister, 

 Syst. Ueb. Thiere Bras., iii, 1856, 383 ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Kalli, 1865, 15.— 

 Rallus Jiydrogallina "Less" [on] Pucheran, Kev. Mag. Zool., 1851, 569 (crit. ; 

 new name for Qallinula saracura Spix?). — OrtygarcTius saracura Heine and 

 Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Om., 1890, 320. 



" Aramides wolfi. — Aramides wolfi Berlepsch and Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. London, 1883, 576 (Chimbo, w. Ecuador) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 55 (Balzar Mountains, w. Ecuador) ; Salvadori and Festa, Boll. Mus. 

 Zool. Torino, xv, 1900, 40 (Foress del Rio Peripa, w. Ecuador; crit.). — Chapman, 

 BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Iv, 1926, 175 (Mindo, Manglar Alto, Rio de Oro, 

 Naranjo, and La Chonta, Ecuador) ; Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 

 175. — [Aramides] wolfi, Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 97; Brabourne and Chubb, 

 Birds South America, i, 1912, 23 (w. Ecuador; w. Colombia). 



"Aramides mangle. — Qallinula mangle Spix, Av. Bras., ii, 1825, 74, pi. 97 

 (coast of Brazil). — Rallus mangle Gray, List Birds Brit. Mus., iii, Gallinae, 1844, 

 115, part. — Aramides mangle Burmeister, Syst. -Ueb. Thiere Bras., ii, 1856, 385, 

 footnote; Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 449 (Bahia, Brazil); Pelzeln, 

 Cm. Bras., 1871, 316 (Sapitiba) ; Allen, BuU. Mus. Comp. Zool., viii, 1876, 82 

 (Santarem) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 54 (Bahia) ; Hellmayr, 

 Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. xii. No. 18, 1929, 481 (restricted type loc, coast 



