116 



Adult female.— Wuig 17^-175 (173.7) ; tail 54.5-59 (56.5) ; exposed 

 culmeii 60-63 (62) ; tarsus 74r-79 (76.6) ; middle toe without claw 57- 

 60.5 (58.8imn.).^» 



Range. — Kesident in central and southern Mexico from southern 

 Tamaulipas (Alta Mira and Tampico) ; south through Veracruz (San 

 Andrea Tuxtla, Playa Vicente, Actopam, Vega de Alatorre, Vega del 

 Casadero, Lagxma Verde, Buena Vista, Tlacotalpam) ; Hidalgo (Ori- 

 zava) ; Valley of Mexico; Oaxaca (San Francisco, Huilotepeo, Tehu- 

 antepec, Guichicovi) ; Tabasco, and possibly Chiapas. In southern 

 Oaxaca intergradation toward albiventris begins to appear. 



Type locality. — Buena Vista, Veracruz, Mexico. 



Rallus chiricote (not of Vieillot) Bonapabtb, Proc. Zool. See. London, 1837, 114 

 (Mexico). 



Aramides cayennensis (not Fulica cayennensis Gmelin) Sclatee, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1857, 206 (San Adrea Tuxtla, Veracruz) ; 1859, 393 (Oaxaca). 



Aramides aniventris Lawrence, V. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 4, 1876, 49 (San Francisco, 

 Tehuan tepee, Oaxaca; fresh colors of nude parts). — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1868, 447, part (monogr.). — Feerari-Perez, Proc. 

 TJ. S. Nat. Mus., ix, 1886, 177 (Actopam and Vega de Alatorre, Veracruz). — 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 59, part (Tampico; Playa Vi- 

 cente, Vega del Casadero and Laguna Verde, Veracruz; and Tehuantepec, 

 Oaxaca). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xviii, 1896, 627 (Alta Mira, s. 

 Tamaulipas). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 319, 

 part (Alta Mira and Tampico, Tamaulipas ; Valley of Mexico ; Tehuantepec 

 and San Francisco, Oaxaca ; San Andrea Tuxtla, Actopam, Vega de Alatorre, 

 Vega del Casadero, Playa Vicente, and Laguna Verde, Veracruz). — Cooke, 

 U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 25, part (distr.). 



[Aramideg] albiventris Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 60, no. 10430, part (s. Mexico). — 

 ScLATER and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 139, part. — Shabpb, Hand-list, i, 

 1899, 98, part. 



Aramides albiventris mexicanus Bangs, Amer. Nat, xli, 1907, 185 (Buena Vista, 

 Veracruz ; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs) ; Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixx, 1930, 168 

 (type specimen in Mus. Comp. Zool. ; crit.). 



[Aramides cayanea] Subsp. p Aramides albiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 59, part ( Tampico, Tamaulipas ; Playa Vicente, Vega del Casadero, 

 and Laguna Verde, Veracruz; and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca). 



A[ramides] mexicanus Dickey, Condor, xxxi, 1929, 33 in text (crit.). 



Aramides cajanea mexicana Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 174. 



ARAMIDES CAJANEA VANROSSEMI Dickey 



Van Rossem's Wood-rail 



Adults (sexes alike). — Very similar to Aramides cajanea albiventris, 

 but larger. 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult 7nale.—Wm.g 189-195; tail 60.5-70; exposed culmen 68-68; 

 tarsus 83-86 ; middle toe without claw 60-65 mm.'"' 



" Three specimens from Oaxaca and Veracruz. 

 °° Two specimens, including the type. 



