BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 147 



[Porssana] flaviventris Sclateb and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 140, part 



(Jamaica).— Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, and rev. ed., 1886, 30 



(Cuba; Jamaica).— Shabpe, Ha,nd-list, i, 1899, 102, part (Cuba, Jamaica). 

 Plorzanal /laviventer Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 114. 

 Hapalocrox flavivcntris Ridgway, Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxii, No. 4, 1920, 3, 



part. 

 Laterirallus gossii Bonapaete, Compt. Rend., xliii, 1856, 599. 

 Crybastes gossii Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., iv, 1856, 428 (Cuba). 

 [Cryiastes] yossci Gundlach, Journ. ftir Orn., ix, 1861, 342 (Cuba) ; Rep. 



Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865-66, 361. 

 CnjlGKtes gossei Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., xxiii, 1875, 358 (Cuba; habits); 



xxvi, 1878, 162, 189 (Puerto Rico) ; Contr. Orn. Cubana, 1876, 191. 

 Laterirallus gossei Stahl, Ornis, ill, 1887, 452 (Puerto Rico). 

 Pwzana flaviventer gossi Bangs and Kennabd, List Birds Jamaica, 1920, 6 



(common resident; crit). 

 Porzana flaviventer gossii Bakboue, Mem. Nutt. Orn. Club, vl, 1923, 55 (Lake 



Ariguanabo and the Cienega, Cuba; habits; crit.). — Pei'ees, Check-list 



Birds of World, ii, 1934, 184 (Cuba and Jamaica). 

 P[orzana'\ fUaviventer'i gossei Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 91, 92 in text 



(Cuba and Jamaica). 



PORZANA FLAVIVENTER HENDERSONI (Bartsch) 



Henderson's YEixow-BEiiiED Rail 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to Porzana flaviventer gossii but 

 slightly smaller. 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male. — Wing 62.5: tail 30; exposed culmen 16; tarsus 21; 

 middle toe without claw 29 mm.*^ 



Adult female. — ^Wing 61-63.5; tail 29; exposed culmen 15-16 mm; 

 tarsus 22.5 ; middle toe without claw 27 mm.^" 



Range. — Eesident in marshes with heavy aquatic growth in Puerto 

 Kico (Laguna de Guanica; Bayamon Eiver) and Hispaniola (Trou 

 Caiman ; Fort Liberte) . 



Tyj^e locality. — Trou Caiman, Haiti. 



Crylasf ns gossei Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., xxvi, 1878, 162, 189 (Arecibo 



River, Puerto Rico; specimen) ; Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 391 



(Arecibo River; not rare). 

 Laterirallus gossei Stahl, Faun. Puerto Rico, 1883, 63 (Puerto Rico, rare) ; 



Ornis, 1887, 452 (rare). 

 Porzana flavivcntris Wetmobe, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 326, 1916, 36 (Laguna de 



GuSnica ; Bayam6n River) ; Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xlvi, 1922, 307 



bones from caves near Morovis, Puerto Rico). — Danfokth, Journ. Dept. 



Agr. Puerto Rico, x, 1926, 55-56 (Cartagena Lagoon, Puerto Rico). 

 Porzana flaviventris hendersoni Babtsch, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xsx, 



1917, 131 (Trou Caiman, Haiti; spec, TJ. S. Nat. Mus.) ; Smiths. Misc. Coll., 



Ixviil, No. 12, 1918, fig. 42 (habitat). 



*■ One male and two females from Haiti, including the type, examined. An 

 unsexed bird from Puerto Rico has the following measurements : Wing 62 ; 

 tail 30.5 ; exposed culmen 16 ; tarsus 21 ; middle toe without claw 29 mm. 



