404 
ARAMÜS. 
Aramides maximus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 14. 
Aramides ruficollis Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York VII. 479. 
cayennensis Moore, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1859. XXVII. 64. = Aramides alhi- 
ventris Lawr. 
chirocote Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. = Aramides cayennensis Puch. 
gigas Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Aramides ypecaha Hartl. 
immaculatus Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Rallus nigricans Hartl. 
maculatus Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. = Rallus maculatus Bodd. 
mangle Burmeister, Syst. Uebers. Th. Brasil. HI. 385. — Sclater, Proceed. 
Zool. Soc. 1868. XXXVI. 449. [Brasilia. 
Gallinula mangle Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 74. Tb. 97. 
maximus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 14. = Aramides cayennensis Puch. 
nigricans Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. = Rallus nigricans Vieill. 
plumbeus Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. = Aramides saracura Sclat. 
rhytirhynchus Burmeister, Reise La Plata II. 504. = Rallus rhytirhynchus 
Vieill. 
ruficeps Gray, Genera Birds HI. 594. = Aramides cayennensis Puch. 
ruficollis Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Ralli 15. 
— Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1868. XXXVI. 448. [Guiana. Peru. Brasilia. 
Fulica ruficollis Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 700. 
ruficollis LÉOTAUD, Oiseaux Trinidad 498. = Aramides axillaris Lawr. 
ruficollis Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. New York VII. 479. = Aramides cayennensis 
Puch. 
sanguinolentus Gray, Genera Birds III. 594. = Rallus rhytirhynchus Vieill. 
saracura Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1868. XXXVI. 449. [Brasilia. Paraguay. 
Chiricote aplomado Azara, Apuntam. III. 231. 
Gallinula saracura Spix, Aves Brasil. I. 75. Tb. 98. 
Gallinula plumbea Prz. Wied, Naturg. Brasil. IV. 795. 
Rallus plumbeus Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1070. 
Aramides plumbeus Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. 
Rallus nigricans Bonaparte, Journ. acad. Philadelphia IV. 386. 
Rallus melanurus Bonaparte, Journ. acad. Philadelphia V. 139. 
ypacaha Hartlaub, Index Azarae 23. — Sclater, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1868. 
XXXVI. 448. [Brasilia. La Plata. 
Ypacaha Azara, Apuntam. III. 210. 
Rallus ypecaha Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1071. 
Gallinula gigas Spix, Aves Brasil. II. 75. Tb. 99. 
Crex melampyga Lichtenstein. 
Aramides gigas Gray, Genera Birds IH. 594. 
zelebori v. Pelzeln, Reise Novara Vögel 133. = Rallus rhytirhynchus Yieill. 
ARAMÜS (Rallidae). — Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux II. 134. — Baird, Birds 
N. America 657. 
Synon.: Notherodius Wagl. 
Bill elongated^ much compressed^ both mandibles decurved at tip. Gonys very 
long. Bill of equal width nearly from base to tip; nostrils pervious, in the basal 
fourth of the bill. Head feathered to bill; eyelids only naked. Legs lengthened; 
tibia half bare; tarsus longer than middle toe; toes without basal membrane ; outer 
lateral rather longer than inner; middle claw not pectinated. The tarsi are broadly 
scutellate anteriorly. — 2 Specc. 
giganteus Baird, Birds N. America 657. [Florida. India occid. 
Rallus giganteus Bonaparte, Journ. acad. Philadelphia 1825. V. 31. 
Aramus scolopaceus Bonaparte, Americ. Ornith. III. 111. Tb. 26. 
Notherodius holostictus Cabanis, Journ. Ornithol. 1856. IV. 426. 
Caran. — Creeping Bird. — Courlan. 
scolopacens Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux II. 134. Tb. 252. — Audubon, Or- 
nith. Biogr. IV. Tb. 377; Birds America V. Tb. 312. — Eyton, Ann. mag. nat. 
bist, 1846. XVII. 26. Tb. 3. [Brasilia. Guiana. Parana. 
