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the basal fourth of the bill. Head feathered to bill, only the eyelids 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. 
The wings are broad and rounded ; the tertials equal to the primaries. The first quill is 
scarcely longer than the tenth, and subfalcate. The tail is composed of twelve feathers. 
A. scolopaceus. 
Two species are at present known to naturalists, formerly supposed to be one. Gabanis was 
the first to point out the differences between them, and to insist that they were distinct, and not 
merely adult and young. They differ as follows : • — 
Com. Char. Prevailing color dark brown, varying from a chocolate to an olivaceous shade ; 
head and neck, and sometimes (in A. pictus') the back, wing-coverts, and lower parts longitu- 
dinally spotted or striped with white ; remiges and rectrices glossed with purple. 
1. A. scolopaceus. 1 White markings confined to the head and neck (concealed or alto- 
gether wanting on other portions). Wing, 12.50-14.20 inches; tail, 7.60; culmen, 
4.30—4.70 ; tarsus, 4.60-5.20. Hob. Eastern South America. 
2. A. pictus. White stripes extending over back, wing-coverts, and entire lower parts, 
except crissum. Wing, 11.00-13.00 ; tail, 5.90 ; culmen, 3.50-4.80 ; tarsus, 3.50-5.20. 
Hah. West Indies, Florida, and Central America. 
1 Aramus scolopaceus. The. Scolopacpous Courlan ; Brazilian Courlan. 
Courlan, ou Courliri, Buef. Hist. Hat. Ois. VII. 442. 
Le Courlan, de Cayenne, Buff. PI. Enl. 1770-1784, pi. 848. 
Scolopaccous Heron, Lath. Synop. III. i. 1785, 102 (ex PI. Enl. 848). 
Ardea scolopacea, Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 647, no. 87 (ex Buff. & Lath. 1. e.). 
Aramus scolopaceus, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. VIII. 1817, 301 ; Gal. Ois. II. 134, pi. 252. — Aud. 
Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, pi. 377 (not the deser. ) ; B. Am. V. 1842, pi. 312 (not the descr. ). — 
Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 657 (footnote). 
Carau, Azap.a, Apunt. III. 1805, 202, no. 366. 
Aramus carau, Vif.ill. N. D. VIII. 1817, 300. 
Rallus ardeoides, Spix, Av. Bras. II. 1824, 72, pi. xci. 
Rallus giejas, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, 79. 
Notherodius guarauna, Wagl. Syst. Av. 1827 (not Scolopax guarauna, Linn.). 
