252 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



Aramus scolofaceus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 355 (1S47).— Salle, P. Z. S. 

 1857 p. 236 (San Domingo). 



Aramus gigantens ScL. P. Z. S. 1S61, p. Si (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 360 (1866). — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. X, p. 257 (1866) (Porto Rico) ; ib. XI, p. 97 (1867) (San Do- 

 mingo). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto 

 Rico). — Gundl J. f. O. 1875, p. 353 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 Hist. Nat. VII, p. 387 (1878) (Porto Rico).— A. & E. Newton, 

 Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1S85). 



Notherodius scolofacens Gundl. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 89 (Cuba). 



Aramus scolopaceu:. gigantens CoRY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 155 

 (1881) (Haiti). 



Aramus pictus Cory, Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 157 (1SS5). 



Common in the Greater Antilles. 



Family JACANID^. 

 Genus Jacana Briss, 



Jacana Brisson, Orn. V, p. 121 (1760). 



Jacana spinosa (Linn). 



Ftdica spinosa LiNN. Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 152. 



Parra jacana D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 249 (184O).— 



Gundl. J. f. O. 1856, p. 425 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 



VII, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 89 (Cuba); ib. 



Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 360 (1866) ; ib. J. f. O. 1875, P- 33^ (Cuba) ; 



ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VH, p. 385 (1878) (Porto Rico). 

 Parra violacea CoRY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, pp. 130, 155 (1881) (Haiti); ib. 



List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 

 Parra gymnostonia Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 159 (1885). 

 Jdcana spinosa ELLIOT, Auk, p. 297 (i{ 



Sp. Char. Male: — Bill and comb pale orange; bare skin at the base of the lower 

 mandible pale bluish white; head, neck, and upper breast dark lustrous 

 green; back and wing-coverts purple, shading into rich golden brown near 

 the rump; rump and tail-coverts purple; underpart, dark purple, showing 

 a tinge of dark rufous on the crissum; most of the primaries and second- 

 aries bright yellow, edged with brown; tail rufous brown; carpal spur pale 

 orange; legs and feet dull olive; iris browjj. 



Length, 9; wing, 5.50; tail, 2.25; tarsus, 2.25; bill, 1. 40. 



Habitat. Cuba, Haiti, and San Domingo. 



