Xo. 483] WOOD h'MLS SORTU OF /M.V.I. l/.l 



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considerably worn at that, measuring, 200, tail S('», t;ir>ii~> 7.1. 

 culmen 55. It may represent still another suhsjxH ic^. 



Thus while in the northern part of its ran^v Iin.ih noitlicin 

 lirazil nortli, this rail does not vary to any extent with ocouraphic 

 areas, there seem to he in southern Soutli America si'veral uco- 

 oTaphie forms. 



Aramidcs cajanea is another very (hstiiict sjx'cies. nearly allied 



distinguished by its shorter, thicker hill, and duller color of the 

 occipital region, which in J. alhi roiiri.s is always hri-i-ht chestnut. 



■ ArAMIDES ALBIVKXTKIS AIJUVKNTRIS Lawr. 



Aramidcs cdbhrntrh Lawr. Troc. Phila. Acad., ji. 2:]4, 1867. 



Aramidrs raifonra, sul)sp. B. Araninirs alhirrnfris Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds. Br. Mus. \o\. 23, 1S04, pp. olMlO. 



Aramklcsalbivnifr>\'\Vio\. ( ent. Am., Aves, A ol. :!. p. :nO, 1807- 

 1904. 



Type Locality; Britisli Honduras, 'lype, now Ameri- 

 can Museum of Natural History, exann"iied. 



GEOCRAniic DisTHiin tion: British Honduras and Vucaian, 



Ci1aha( TKHs: About tlie size of .1. rajaiira or sli-luly iai-er; 

 bill lonoer and more slender than in diat spe<MV>; all the <'oior. 

 pale; a la rue. conspicuous patch of briu'ht chestnut ext(Midin,- 



wing covert, 'han.led Mack and pale hazel. 



Color: Thn.at dull white, this color extending well down 

 under surface of neck; on the occiput, exteudin- backward to 



cl.esttmt; rest ..f neck and head -ray iabout Cray No. (1 I>t Bid- 



interscapulars as \\ell ochraceous-rufous more or less mixed witli 

 olive, this marking usually very conspicuous, thou*:li ne\er form- 

 ing a complete mantle across back as in the soutlu>rn snbsjiecit^s 

 plumbeicollis; primaries and secondaries, light, bright hazel; 



