Plate LXVII.
THYRORÏ Ï INA SCnOMBI JRGKI,
Crex schomhuTffki
Micropygia gchomlurgi
Ortygometra schomhurgki
T hyrorhina scJtombwrgki
(SCHOÏÏBUEGK’S CEAKE).
Cab. in Scbomb. G u ia n . ii. p. 245, efc iii, p . 760.
Scl. & Sa lr. P.Z.S . 1868, p. 169.
Bp. C. E . xliii. p, 599.
Bp. Bull. Soc. Lin n , d e N ormandie, p. 4 0 ; efc C a t. Ois. Cavenne, p . 16.
Scl. e t Salv. P.Z.S. 1868, p. 458.
S u p ra olivacea albo g u tta ta , b is maculis albis n ig ro c ircumdatia : su b tu s ru b ig in o sa , g u lâ a lb ican te , abdomine
medio albo ; ro s tro corneo, mandibulæ apice flavà : p ed ib u s auranfciacis : long, to ta 5 0, alæ 3 '3 , caudæ 1-4, ro s tri a
ric tu 0 '6 , ta rs i 0 '8 5 , dig. mod. cum u n g u e 0'9.
in G u iau à B rit. (*Sc7tO!«6.) ; Cav en n à {Deplanches): Vcnozuelà, Ca ripé (Ooering): Caraccas (Z e ir o a J , in
Mus. Pa ris.)
H ead o f Thyrorhina schomhurgki.*
The peculiar form o f the nasal openings, which are partly covered over in front b y a
homy membrane and are completely divided from each other by a median septum, has induced
us to refer this species to a new genus, these characters not occurring in any other American
fonn o f Ballince. In other respects this little Crake agrees generally with the smaller American
species o f Porzana. The fox-m o f the wing corresponds nearly with that o f P . noveboracensis,
the second and next three following primaries being nearly equal and longest, and the external
secondaries elongated, so as to be longer than the outer primary. The toes are slendei-, the
middle toe with its nail hardly exceeding the tarsus in length. The tibife are feathered nearly
down to the joint. The tail is ratlxer longer than is usual among the smaller Pallidce, and not
so much concealed by the coverts.
•Spoc, porta, e t p'c, nasus.
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