~'j par kid .e. 



s 3 . d 1 ad.; a 4 , b*. $ Assoon, March 3 ( W.D.). Hume Coll. 



ad. et imm. sk. 



c\ d}. (J ad. et , juv. Assoon, Feb. (IF. Lint- Tweeddale Coll. 



sk. horg). 



e\f*. 6 $ juv. sk. Amherst, Dec.20( W.D.). Hume Coll. 



g ', // ■'. Ad. et j iiv. sk. Siam (Sii-R.Schomburgk). Gould Coll. 



«\ Ad. sk. ' Cambodia, May. M. Pierre [P.]. 



/.',/'. Ad. sk. Java {Dr. Horsfield). India Museum. 



(Types of Parra siiperciliosa.) 



m\ Ad. sk. Java. Tweeddale Coll. 



w 4 . 5 ad. sk. Java (Diard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



o i . Ad. sk. Sumatra. Wallace Coll. 



p*, g i , r*. Bones of Nepal. Hodgson Coll. 



trunk. 



3. PHYLLOPEZUS. gen. now 

 Range. Nearly the whole of Africa and Madagascar. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Hinder neck black africanus, p. 76. 



b. Hinder neck white albinucha, p. 78. 



1 . Phyllopezus africanus. 



African Jacana, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 246, pi. lxxxvii. (178-5). 



Parra africana, Gm. S. N. i. p. 709 (1788) ; Vieill. A T . Diet J Hist. 

 Nat. xvi. p. 447 (1817) ; Swains. Zool. Illustr. 2nd ser. pi. 6 (1829) ; 

 Less. TraiU, p. 539(1831); Rupp. Syst. Uebers. p. 126 (1845); 

 Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 509 ( 1846 ) ; Seichenb. A v. Si/st. Nat., Fulicariee, 

 Taf. 111. fig. 1121 (1852) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 64 (1856 : Tana 

 Lake); Eartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 240 (1857 : Gaboon; Mozambique); 

 Brehm, J.f. O. 1858, p! 470; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, 

 p. 174 (Camraa River) : Gurnet/, Ibis, 1859, p. 249 (Natal), I860, 

 p. 221; Eartl. J.f. 0. 1861, 'p. 271 (St. Thomas; Bissao) ; id. 

 Faune Madag. p. 79 (1861 : AY. Madagascar) ; Gurnet/, Ibis, 1862, 

 p. 38; Antin. Cat. descr. Ucc. p. 110 (1804: Rozeres) ; Kirk, 

 Ibis, 1864, p. 334 (Zambesi) ; Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. xvi. 

 p. 327 (1865) ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 90 (Benpuela) ; Schl. Mas. 

 Pays-Bas, Ralli,p. 69 (1865: Gold Coast; Elmina; Algoa Bav); id. 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 425; Layard, II. S. Afr. p. 335 (Cape Colony) ; 

 Grandid. Rev. et Mag. de. Zoul. 1868. p. 4 (N.W. coast of Mada- 

 gascar) ; Schl. $ Poll. Faune Madag.. Ois. p. 137 (1868) : Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1869. p. 388 (Fante.-) : Fimch $ Hartl. T%. Ostafr. p. 781 

 (1870) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. iii. p. 70. no. 10535 (1871) ; Gurney in 

 Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 328(1872: Damara to Lake Ngami) ; 

 Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 469, 641 ; Hetu/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. ii. 

 pt. 1, p. 1216(1873: N.E. Africa to 140° N. lat.1 ; Ussher, Ibis, 

 1874, p. 74 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1874, p. 375 ( Wuri River) ; Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 86 (Durban) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 348 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1877, p. 12 (Loango); Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 354 (1877) ; 

 Fischer $ Reichen. J.f. O. 1878, p. 248' (Malindi), 1879. p. 338 

 (Tschara); Oust. Nonv. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. p. 115 (1879: 

 Lake Sil6) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 477 (1881) ; Hartl. Abhandl. 

 not. T'er. Brem. vii. p. 119 (1881 : Lado) ; Milne-Edw. $ Grandid. 

 N. H. Madag., Ols. p. 581 (1882) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1881, pp. 640, 

 642 ; Holub # von Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Sudafr. p. 296 (1882 : Panta- 



