[374.] PORZANA LEUCOPYRRHA (Vieill.).
(RED-AND-WHITE CRAKE.)
Corethrura leucopyrrha, Burm. La-Plata Reise, ii. p. 505 (Tucuman). Porzana leucopyrrha, Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 140; iid. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 454; iid. Ex. Orn. pl. lvi. p. 111.
Description.—Brownish olive, head reddish; wings, tail, and hind back darker: beneath white; sides of the head and of the neck and breast chestnut-red; flanks barred with white and black; crissum black in the middle, white on each side; bill olivaceous; feet yellowish: whole length 6·75 inches, wing 3·1, tail 1·9. Female similar.
Hab. S. Brazil, Paraguay, and N. Argentina.
This Crake is an inhabitant of Southern Brazil and Paraguay, but also occurs in the Northern Provinces of the Argentine Republic, where it was met with by Dr. Burmeister in Tucuman.
[375.] PORZANA SALINASI (Philippi).
(SPOT-WINGED CRAKE.)
Rallus salinasi, Philippi, Wiegm. Arch. 1857, pt. i. p. 262 (Chili); Burm. Ibis, 1888, p. 285. Porzana spiloptera, Durnford, Ibis, 1877, p. 194, pl. iii. (Buenos Ayres).
Description.—Above olive-brown with black markings; wings with white cross bands; front, sides of head, and body beneath plumbeous; flanks dark grey, with transverse bars of white; under tail-coverts barred with black and white; beak dark horn-colour; feet rather lighter: whole length 5·5 inches.