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Jvwendl ma^e.— Similar to the adult, but with the occiput almost 

 free of any brownish wash, and with the anterior black midabdominal 

 feathers tipped and margined with grayish cinnamon-buff, the umber 

 edgings on the feathers of the flanks and rump slightly more pro- 

 nounced; the secondaries washed with olive-brown, and the dusky 

 tips of the primaries more extensive. 



Natal down.— Down on top of head, the chin, and throat rusty 

 cinnamon; rest unknown (from a specimen in advanced postnatal 

 molt). 



Adult nude.— Wing 171.5-201 (187.6) ; tail 53-80.5 (66.8) ; exposed 

 cuhnen 46.5-58 (54.1) ; tarsus 68-74 (71.4) ; middle toe without claw 

 48-55 (51.5mm.).='' 



Adult female.— Wing 166.5-189 (177.2) ; tail 55-68 (61.9) ; exposed 

 culmen 46.5-56.5 (52.3) ; tarsus 66.5-75.5 (70.1) ; middle toe without 

 claw 47.5-58 (50.8 mm.)." 



Range. — Resident in wooded swamps and small streams in forested 

 areas from northwestern and southeastern Costa Rica (El General; 

 Terraba; Buenos Aires; Talamanca; Santa Ana); and Panama 

 (Cana, Darien, Almirante Bay; Perme; David; Lion Hill; Laguna 

 de Pita) ; south through Venezuela (Altagracia, Quiribana de Cai- 

 cara; San Esteban; Angostura; Puerto Cabello; Encontrados) ; and 

 Trinidad (Caroni Swamp; Sabana Grande); French, Dutch, and 

 British Guianas (Bartica; Camacusa) ; Colombia (Rio Frio; Santa 

 Marta; Remedies); Ecuador (Rio Suno) ; and Brazil (Para; San- 

 tarem; Rio Madeira; Maranhao; Ceara; Novo Triburgo; Rio de 

 Janeiro; Pernambuco; Rio Parahyba; Borba; Sao Paulo; Rio 

 Grande do Sul; Matto Grosso, etc.) ; to Peru (lower Rio Ucayali; 

 Amable Maria; La Merced; Moyobamba) ; Paraguay (Picomayo; 

 Puerto Pinasco; Sapucay) ; Argentina (San Lorenzo; Oran, Salta; 

 Chaco) ; and Uruguay (Rio Negro; La Paloma; Paso Alamo; Rio 

 Cebollati). 



Type locality. — Cayenne. 



Fulica cajanea Muiije, Syst. Nat, Suppl., 1776, 119 (Cayenne ; based on PI. Enl., 

 pi. 352; see Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1864, 216). 



Aramides cajanea BEEMa>scH and Hartekt, Nov. Zool., Ix, 1902, 128 (Quiribana 

 de Caicara and Altagracia, Venezuela; crit.). — Hellmate, Abb. Bayer. Akad. 

 Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., xxii, Abt. 3, 1905, 712 (crit.) ; Nov. Zool., xiii, 1906, 

 52 (Caroni Swamp and Sabana Grande, Trinidad; crit.) ; xiv, 1907, 412 

 (Humaytha, Kio Madeira, Brazil; crit.). — Bangs, Amer. Nat., xli, 1907, 180 

 (monogr.) ; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxii, 1909, 29 (El General, Costa 

 Eica; crit. ) .— Beblepsch, Nov. Zool., xv, 1908, 299 (Cayenne).— Cabbikeb, 

 Ann. Carnegie Mus., vi, 1910, 408 (Costa Rica; habits). 



""Twelve specimens from Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, and 

 Paraguay. 

 "^ Six specimens from Panama and Brazil. 



