1. iiTiiiaii'HAsis. 69 



d'. Forehead feathered, withou! any frontal 

 ;-lii''ld ; primaries ordinary, not pro- 

 duced ;ii the ends. Size very small: 

 total Infill 6-5 inches 7. Aphalus, p. 88. 



1. HYDROPHASIS. T 



ffydrophasianus, \Ya : ,lvr, lata, 1832, p. 270 H. sinensis. 



Range, [ndian Peninsula from Cashmere and Bind, south to 

 Ceylon, easl through tin- Burmese countries to South China, and 

 southwards bo Malacca, Java, and the Philippine Islands. 



1 . Hydrophasis chirurgus. 



Le Chirurgien de I'isle de Lueon, Sown. Voy. N. Chan. p. 82, pi. 45 



1776). 

 Tringa chirurgus, Scop. Del. Flor. et Fawn. Insubr. li. p. 92 (1/86). 

 Luzonian Jacana, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. I, p. 246 (1786). 

 Chinese Jacana, Lath. t.c. p. 246 (1785); id. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. 



p. 256, pi. 117 (1787). 

 Parra luzoniensis, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 709 (1788); Viritt. N. Diet. xvi. 



p. 447 ( 1817). 

 Parra sinensis, Gm. t. e. p. 709 (1788); Vieill. t. c. p. 4->l (1817) ; 



id. Gal. Ois. ii. p. 166, pi. 265 i L826 34) , Less. TraitS, p. 539 



i L831 ) : Gray St BarAw. 111. Ind. Zoo!, ii. pi. ','> (1832J : Hodgs. 



In,,,, ined. in Brit, Mas., Gratia, pi. Mis (no. 563); id. in Gray's 



Zool. Misc. p. 86 (1844) ; Schl Mus. Pays-Bos, Kalli, p. 71 (1866 : 



Luzon; Java); Kelham, Ibis, 1882, p. 185(Perak). 

 Hydrophasianua sinensis, Waaler, Ists, 1832, p. 270; Gray, List 



Gratia Brit. Mus. p. 114 (1844) ; id. Gen. B. iii. p. 689 (1846) ; id. 



Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 142 (1846) : Eeiehenb. Av. 



Syst. Nat., Fulicarue, Taf. 112. figs. 1130-1132 (1862) ; Gould, B. 



Asia, vii. pi. OS (1855); Blyth y Ibis, 1867, p. 170; Sunnh. t. c. 



p. 389 (Amov); Stoliczka, J. A. S. Beng. xli. p. 2o4 (1872: 



Cutch) ; Hume $r Menders. Lahore to Turk. p. 290 (1873); Blyth 



a- Wald. 1>. Burnt, p. L57 (1876: Axakan). 

 Parra indica (nee Lath.), Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus.. GraUa, 



pi. 109. fig. ; (no. 719); id. in Gray's Zuol Misc. y. 86 | IS44). 

 Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Blyth, Cat. li. Mus. As. Soc. p. 271 



p. 414 (Hankow; Amm coast); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 70 

 no 10540(1871); Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 475 (Ceylon) ; Hume, 

 Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. p. 592 (1873); id. Str. F. i. p. 249 (1873 : 



Sind) ; Adam, t. c. p. 897 (Samhhur) ; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, l v 7-".. 

 p. 418 (Kathiawar); Salvad. Uee. Horn. p. 843 (1874); Ball, 

 ■si,-. F. ii. p. 432 (I --7 1: Chota Nagpur); Hume. Str. F. iii. 

 p, 1-.", (1875: Pegu) ; id. t. e. p. 381 (E. Narra); Butler, Str. F. 



,\ p. 20(1876: I 3&)\ Fairb.t c. p. 263(Deccan); Cocfcftwn, 



t c. p. 609; U'uhlm, /V. Z. n. i\. p. 232 i 1875 ; Luzon) ; Hume, 

 si,-. F. v. p. 46 (1877: Cachar) ; David Br Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 183 

 (1877: S. China); Hume ,v Davis. Str. F. vi. p. 464 (1878: 

 Tenaaserim) ; Davidson $ Wenden, Str. F. vii. p. 89 1878: Dec- 

 can); Bull. t.c. p. 229 (Rajmehal Hills; Lohardugga); Oi>/« 



