Framides "large reddish rail" Newbreekom 1950 Oct. 28 5hm N Villavieja, 1400ft, Huila Colombia, S.A. One flushed and ran ahead of me up a small side quebrada just W of the RR bridge near camp. The area was heavily vegetated with bamboo and thorn thickets among dense riparian growth, and the quebrada bottom ran through a "tunnel" in the vegetation. The bird ran rapidly ahead of me for about 15 ft. and disappeared around a bend in the stream; I could not locate it again. It looked laterally compressed and coot-like; it seemed to be a more or less uniform, bright rust color all over. The bill and cere were bright canary yellow. In size it appeared about the size of a full grown leghorn chicken (minus the large tail). Nov. 3 Perico shot a bird this A.M. which may be the same species as recorded above. If so, I magnified its size - it is a large, coot-sized rail. It has considerable gray on its back and rump.