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[Parra] nigra Gmelin, Syst., Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 708 ("Brasilia"; based on Jacana 

 armata nigra Brisson, Orn., v, 124). — Latham, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 762 

 ("Brazil"). . 



Farm nigra Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xvi, 1817, 448 ("Brazil"); Tabl. 

 Enc. Meth., iii, 1823, 1054. — Schlegel, Mus. Paye-Bas, v, no. 30, livr. 7 

 (Ralli), 1865, 65. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 

 342 (David, Calobre, Lion Hill, and Laguna del Pita, Panama; Colombia; 

 Venezuela; Amazonia). 



Jacana nigra Elliot, Auk, v, July, 1888, 296 (monogr.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 84 (Lion Hill and Calobre, Panama; Antioquia and 

 Bogota, Colombia). — Bangs, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 14 (Loma 

 del Leon, Panama).— Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 126 (Cienega, 

 Santa Marta, Colombia). 



[Jacana] nigra Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 168. 



?[Parra] brasiliensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1789, 708 (Brazil; Cayenne; 

 Guiana; based on Jacana armata Brisson, Orn., v. 123). — Latham, Index 

 Orn., ii, 1790, 763. 



(?) Parra brasiliensis Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xvi, 1817, 448; Tabl. 

 Enc. Meth., iii, 1823, 1054. 



(?) [Parra] viridis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 708 (Brazil). — Latham, 

 Index Orn., ii, 1790, 763.— Vieillot, Tabl. Enc. M4th., iii, 1823, 1055. 



Parra Tiypomelsena Gray, Gen. Bii'ds, iii, 1846, pi. 159. — Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lend., 1856, 283 (monogr.; Santa Marta, Bogota, and Cartagena, Columbia; 

 Chiriqui, Panama); 1857,20 (Bogota). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 

 218 (Calobre, Veragua, Panama; crit.). — Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, 116 (Barranquilla, 

 Colombia), 383 (Lake Paturia and delta of Rio Magdalena, Colombia). — Scla- 

 ter and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 546 (Santa Elena, Antioquia, 

 Colombia). — Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 320 (Lake Paturia). 



[Parm] hypomelsena Sclater and Salvin, Nom. A v. Neotr., 1873, 142. 



Parra melanopygia Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856 [pub. Jan. 26, 1857], 283 

 ( Santa Marta, Colombia ; coll . Verreaux ; =maroon-backed phase) . — Lawrence , 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., \di, 1862, 301 (Lion Hill, Panama). — Sclater and Salvin, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 372 (Panama). — Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1867, 161 (Santa Fe de Veragua, Panama); 1870, 218 (Calobre and Castillo, 

 Veragua, Panama). — Berlepsch, Journ. fiir Orn., 1889, 320 (Sarayacu, n. e. 

 Peru; crit.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 341 

 (Castillo, Calobre, and Santa Fe, Veragua, Panama; Santa Marta, Colombia). 



[Parra] melanopygia Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 142. 



Jacana melanopygia Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 84 (Castillo 

 Calobre, and Santa Fe, Veragua, Panama). 



[Jacana] melanopygia Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 168. 



Superfainily CEDICNEIVEI. 



==CEdicnemi Sharpe, Re\aew Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 73; Hand-list, i, 1899, 

 • xvi, 172. 



"^Otides FiJRBRiNGER, Unters. Morph. Syst. Vog., ii, 1888, 1556 (Otididae+CEdicne- 

 midae). 



Holorhinal Limicolas with supraorbital grooves present and cora- 

 coids overlapping. 



Basipterygoid processes absent' occipital foramina absent; inter- 

 orbital septum incomplete; cervical vertebrae, 16; fused dorsal verte- 

 40017— 19— Bull. 50, pt 8 3 



