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2. Scolopax guarauna Linn., S. N. 1.,242. (Tantalus chalcop- 
terus Temm. pl. col. “ Tbis Ordii Bonap.,” Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, 
p. 685. ` ??? Tantalus Mexicanus Gmel., S. N. 1., 1788, 652.) 
3. Ibis guarauna Baird, B. N. Am., 1858, pl. Ixxxvii. Id. 
Catal. N. Am. B., No. 500a. Ibis thalassinus Ridgway, Rep. 
U. S. Geol. Expl. 40th par. (In press.) 
| Rallus elegans, var. obsoletus, Ridgway. Differing from var. ele- 
gans in being more grayish above, where the stripes are nearly 
obsolete, and dark brown, instead of deep black on a yellowish 
olive ground. Rufous of the lower parts paler and duller. Wing, 
6:30 ; tail,3:50 ; culmen, 2-25; bill, -50 deep at base ; tarsus, 2°10; 
middle toe, 2°00. Type, 6,444, San Francisco, Cal., March, 1857 ; 
Dr. Suckley. Habitat. Coast of California. 
Rallus elegans var. tenuirostris Lawrence. Similar in colors to 
var. elegans, but smaller, and with very much slenderer bill. 
Wing, 5-90; tail, 3°25; culmen, 2-00; bill, -35,deep at base ; tar- 
sus, 1-80; middle toe, 1°70 (No. 52,849, Valley of Mexico; Col. 
À. J. Grayson). Type, from city of Mexico, in cabinet of Mr. 
Lawrence. 
Porzana Jamaicensis, var. coturniculus Baird. Differing from 
var. Jamaicensis of seutheastern United States, West Indies 
and South America, in smaller size, and more uniform colors, 
Back without white specks. Wing, 2°50; culmen, ‘52; bill, 15 
deep at base; tarsus, 80; middle toe, -80. Type, No. 12,862 
Nat. Mus., Farallone Islands, coast of California; T. G. Martin. 
Habitat. Farallone Islands, California. 
Anas obscura, var. fulvigula Ridgway. Differing from var. 
obscura in lighter and much less uniform colors, and unstreaked 
deep buff throat. Deep ochraceous borders to the feathers very 
broad, on the lower surface almost as wide as the dusky medial 
streaks. Wing, 10°30; tail, 5-00; culmen, 2-05; width of the 
bill. -90; tarsus, 1°70; middle toe, 1°90. Bill olive color (olive- 
yellow in life?) ; feet, deep orange-red. Type, No. 1,748, Mus. 
R. Ridgway, St. John’s river, Florida. C.J. Maynard. Habitat. 
Florida ; permanent resident. 
A specimen in the National Museum (No. 61,360) from the St. 
John’s River, collected by Mr. G. A. Boardman, is exactly similar. 
