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 453. Parra* jacana Linn. 



Parm jucana Linn., Syst. Nat. Ed. XII. (1766) p. 259 pt. "Am austr." [ex Marcgr. & Edu\~ 

 hab. Surinam (fide Edw.)]. 



Altagracia : S 26. i., ? ? 3, 26, 29. i. '98. 

 Qiiiribana de C!aicara : ? 26. iv., ? juv. 26. iv. '98. 



" Iri.s slate-grey ; feet dnsky olive yellow ; shield maroon pnrple ; bill ochre- 

 yellow." 



(Nos. 9493, 9834, 983.5, 99i.i4, 1U836, 10837 flherrie coll.) 



Suapure : ? ? 1. vi. '99 (Klages). 



Mate River : i S 25. ii., 9. iii. 1900 ('Klages). 



454. Hoploxypterus cayanus (Lath.). 



Chamdrius cayanus Lath., ImI. Oni. II. (1790) p. 74y (ex Buff., typ. ex Cayenne). 



Cindad Bolivar : ? 10. viii. '98 (Klages). 

 Mato River : ? ? 25. ii., 6. iii. 1900 (Klages). 

 Altagracia : (?(? 13, 18. xi., 1. .\ii. (bis) '97, 12. i. '98. 



Caicara : cJc? 11, 19. iii., 5. (ter) (moulting) vii., 6. viii. (bis), ? ? 5, 10. viii. '98. 

 " Iris seal-brown ; feet scarlet (flame-scarlet) ; bill black ; eyelids scarlet ; 

 claws black." 



(Nos. 8604, 8005, 8952, 8953, 9966, 10527, 11051, 11052, 11053, llo69, 11070, 



11071, 11102 Cherrie coll.) 



455. Belonopterus cayennensis (Gm.). 



PfOTO (yiypunensis, Gm., Syst. Nal. I. '1 (1788) p. 706 (ex Buff. — Cayenne). 



Altagracia : <?c? 25. i. '98, 10. xii., ? ? 12, 30. xi., 10. xii. '97. 

 Caicara : Si 23. ii., 11. iii., 5. viii., ¥ ? 23. ii., 11. iii., 5. viii. '98. 

 Qniribana de Caicara : ¥ ? 5, 13. iv. '98 (¥ de 5. iv. egg in oviduct). 

 " Eye lake-red ; eyelids and chin lilac ; feet Indian purple ; bill black at tip, 

 lilac at base." 



(Nos. 8584, 8939, 9123, 9124, 9822, 10228, 10229, ln449, 1045(i, lu62I, lo708, 



11072, 11073 Cherrie coll.) 



450. Aegialitis coUaris (Vieill.). 



Chumdrius coUaris Vieill., Nnm: Dirt, xxvii. (1818) p. 13G (ex Azara— Paraguay). 



Altagracia : c?(J 17, 24, 31. i., ? 5. ii. '98. 



" Eye seal ; feet black ; bill black." 



(Nos. 9732, 9785, 9913, 10024 Cherrie coll.) 



457. Helodromas solitarius (Wils.). 



Trhiga snVdaria Wils., Am. On,. VII. (1813) p. 53 PI. 58 f. 3 (Hudson's Bay). 



Cindad Bolivar : 6 ¥ 10. viii. '98 (Klages). 



Altagracia: cJc? juv. 1. xii. '97, 25, 26. i., ¥ jnv. 26. i. '98. 



Caicara : 6 juv. 21. x. '98. 



* We see no difficulty in adopting; Parra Linne with the type P. jarana. inasmuch as we refuse 

 Brisson's names of genera which are no genera in the Linnean .sense. 



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