Ao.4.1 COUES'S ORNITH. B3BLI0GRAPHY PAREIDiE. 881 



ParrJilse. 



1832. Geopproy St.-Hilaire, Ibid. Jacana, Parra. Liu. <^Gu4r. Mag. de Zool, 2« 

 ann^e, 1832, classo ii, notice vi, pi. vi. 

 Parra albinuca [sio], pi. vi, sp. n. ; Martagascai'. [Metopoditis.] 

 1856. SCLATRR, P. L. On the siiecies of the American genus Parra. <:^ P. Z. S., xxiv, 



18.%, pp. 282, 283. 



The American birds of the fccniis Parra, with their OUl WorW representatives of the genera 

 Metopodius, Hydralector. and Hi/drophasianus, are considered to constitute a natural groiip 

 related to the Jiallidce, l)ut remarkable for the extreme elongation of the toes. The article 

 is a s.vnoi)sis of five sp])., with synonymy, diagnosis, and habitat : 1, P. jacana, L. 2, P. in- 

 termedia, Bp., sp. u., p. 282, Venezuela. 3, P. melanopygia, sp. n., p. 28:t, New Grenada. 4, 

 P. hypomelcena, Gr. &. Mitch. 5, P. gymnostoma, Wagl. 



1357. SCLATER, P. L. On the Species of the American genus Parra. <^ Ann. Mag. Xai. 

 Hist., 2d .ser., xix, 1857, pp. 410, 411. 

 From P. Z. S., .July 8, 1856, pp. 282, 283, q. v. 



1864. Gould, J. Description of the Egg of Parra galliuacea [Hydralector cristata]. 



< r. Z. S., Dec. 13, 1864, p. 661. 



1865. GOULD^ J. Description of the Egg of Parra gallinacea [Hydralector cristata]. 



<^ Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., 3d ser., xvi, 1865, p. 70, 

 From P. Z. S., Dec. 13, 1864, p. 661. 



