238 Additional Notes on the Geographical 



Fam. CUCULIDAE. 



16. Crotophaga sidcirostris, Sw. 



Fam. Picidae. 



17. Ohloronerpes oallonotus ( Wat >■//.). 



Fam. Falconidae. 



18. Urubibinga anthracina {Nitzsch.). 



19. " "ii'icincta {Temm.). 



Fam. Charadriidab. 



20. Aegialitis semvpalmatus (Bonap.), 



Fam. • Rallidae. 



21. Parra intermedia, Bona p. 



One specimen in immature plumage, with the back and wing 

 coverts brownish olive, the sides, under wing coverts and 

 shoulders, deep chestnut. 



In a collection from Venezuela, made by W. B. Gilbert, Esq., 

 sent me for examination by Prof. Henry, are three adult speci- 

 mens. It is I think distinct from P. jacana from Brazil (which 

 has been questioned by some writers), being smaller in all its 

 dimensions; the chestnut coloring is much darker, more of a 

 brownish maroon color, and the black coloring has a greenish 

 lustre, which in P. jacana is of a deep purple cast. 



XII. — Additional X<>/rs on the Geographical Distribution of Land 



Shells in (he West Indies. 



l',v THOMAS BLAND. 



l:.-..,| May 10, 1-09. 



In various papers I Annals VII., 1861, with Catalogue ofSpeoies 



and Aincr. Jour, of Conch, II., 1866, and IV.. L868) I have dis- 

 ed the Bubjecl of the Geographical Distribution of the W< I 



Indian terrestrial Mollusca, and shown that the Islands, consider- 



