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Aramides caj/ennensis (not Fulica cayennensis Gmelin) Sciateb and Saivin, 

 Ibis, 1859, 230 (Omoa, Honduras). 



Aramides cayanensis Moobe, Proc. Zool. Sec. London, 1859, 64 (Omoa, Honduras ; 

 habits). 



Aramides aniventris Laweence, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, xix, 1867, 

 234 (British Honduras; coll. G. N. Lawrence). — Sclatee and Salvin, Proc. 

 Zool. See. London, 1868, 447, part (monogr.) ; 1870 (Honduras).— Salvin, 

 Ibis, 1874, 327 (Las Bocas de SUam, n. coast Yucatan) ; 1889, 378 (Cozumel 

 Island, Yucatan); 1890, 89 (Cozumel Island).— Boucaed, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1883, 462 (Yucatan). — Shaepe, Cat Birds Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 59, 

 part (mouth of Rio Samaia, and Choctum, Guatemala; Cozumel Island; 

 British Honduras). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, iii, 1903, 

 319, part (Las Bocas de Silam and Cozumel Island, Yucatan ; Belize, British 

 Honduras; Choctum, Vera Paz, mouth of Rio Samaia, Guatemala; Omoa 

 and San Pedro, Honduras). — Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 25, part 

 (geog. range). — Millee, BuU. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1, 1924, 408 (ptllosis). 



Alramides] albiventris DiOKErr, Condor, xxxi, 1929, 33 in text (crit.). 



lAramides] albiventris Gbat, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 60, no. 10430, part (Honduras, 

 Guatemala). — Sclatee and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 139, part. — Shaepe, 

 Hand-list, i, 1899, 98, part. 



Aramides albiventris albiventris Bangs, Amer. Nat., xli, March, 1907, 183, part 

 (monogr.). — Gbiscom, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Ixiv, 1932, 120 (eastern 

 Guatemala). — Austin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixix, 1929, 371 (Belize River, 

 and Mountain Cow, British Honduras). — Cabeikee and DeSchattenseb, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ixxxviii, 1935, 415 (spec. ; Quirlgua, Guatemala). 



[Aramides cayanea] subsp. /3 Aramides albiventris Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 xxiii, 1894, 59, part (Retalhuleu, mouth of Rio Salama, and Choctum, 

 Guatemala; Cozumel Island; Belize, British Honduras). 



ARAMIDES CAJANEA PACIFICA Miller and Griscom 



NiCAEAGtJAN WOOD-EAIL 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Aramides cajwnea plvmu- 

 heicollis but with the mantle less richly colored and less distinct from 

 the adjacent back and upper wing coverts — ^the mantle tawny -buflfy 

 citrine, the upper back and the scapulars and the upper wing coverts 

 grayish olive ; primaries very slightly darker.^ 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male.— Wing 171-186 (178.2) ; tail 47-58 (54.4) ; exposed cul- 

 men 59-62 (60.6) ; tarsus 77-85.5 (82.1) ; middle toe without claw 54^57 

 (55.7 mm.). == 



Adult female.— Wuig 166-183 (174.6) ; tail 45-57 (52.8) ; exposed 

 culmen 54^60 (57), tarsus 74r-81 (78.3), middle toe without claw 51-57 

 (54.2 mm.)." 



•* The supposed character of the narrower black bars on the axillars does not 

 hold ; even in the type specimen there is considerable difference between the two 

 sides in this respect. 



" Eight specimens, including the type, from Nicaragua and Honduras. 



" Nine specimens from Nicaragua and Honduras. 



