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lErythroUmnas'] ruler Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Oin., 1890, 320 



(Belize, British Honduras). 

 Thryocrex rubra Ridgwat, Smiths. Misc. Coll., Ixxii, No. 4, 1920, 4. 

 Grecisoua ruber ruber Nexson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxxix, 1926, 106.^ 



Peters, Bull. Mus. Oomp. Zool., Ixix, 1929, 407 (Lancetilla, Honduras; 



habits). — Geiscom, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, Ixiv, 1932, 122 (Guatemala; 



not uncommon on Caribbean side ; Ohama ; Secanquim ; Chimoxan ; Quiriqua ; 



nest and eggs at Finca Concepcion). 

 Laterallus ruber ruber Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 191. 



LATERALLUS RUBER RUBERRIMUS (MUlcr and Griscom) 



NiCARAQTJAN RUDDT RAIL 



Adult (sexes alike). — Similar to that of Laterallus ruber ruber but 

 the bright chestnut on the underparts more extensive, covering the 

 entire dorsal side of the body, including the lower back, rump, upper 

 tail and wing coverts ; the primaries and rectrices averaging slightly 

 duller and darker ; bill shorter and relatively stouter. 



Other plumages unknown. 



Adult male. — Wing 75 ; tail 28 ; exposed culmen 20 ; tarsus 32 ; mid- 

 dle toe without claw 32 mm.'" 



Adult female.— Wing 74-77; tail 29.5-35; exposed culmen 17-18; 

 tarsus 29.5-31 ; middle toe without claw 29.5-32 mm.'^ 



Range. — ^Known as yet by specimens from only two localities: 

 Jinotega, Nicaragua, and San Sebastian, El Salvador (seen also at 

 Lake Olomega, and Hacienda Zapotitan, El Salvador) . 



Type locality. — Jinotega, Nicaragua. 



Greciscus ruberrimus Miixee (W. DeW.) and Gbiscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 



25, 1921, 2 (Jinotega, Nicaragua, 3,000 feet., coll. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.). 

 Creciscus ruber ruberrimus Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxxix, 1926, 



106. 

 Laterallus ruber ruberrimus Peters, Check-list Birds of World, ii, 1934, 191. — 



VAN RossEM, Birds El Salvador, 1938, 161 (El Salvador; resident in fresh 



water marshes from sea level to 1,500 feet ; San Sebastian ; Lake Olomega ; 



Hacienda Zapotitdn; nest and eggs). 



Genus COTURNICOPS Gray 



Cotui-nicops Bonaparte, Ann. Sci. Nat., s6r. 4, Zool., i, 1854, 150 (nomen nudum). 

 Coturnicops Gray, Cat. Gen. and Subgen. Birds, 1855, 120. (Type, by monotypy, 



FuUca noveboraoensis Gmelin.) 

 Ortygops Heine, in Heine and Reichenow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 320. 



(Substitute for Coturnicops, on grounds of purism.) 



Small Ralleae (wing about 75-90 mm.), with longest primaries ex- 

 ceeding distal secondaries by much less than one-third the length of 



'° One specimen from El Salvador. 



" Two specimens, including the type, from Nicaragua and El Salvador. 



