84 



m. c? ad. sk. 



w. Pull.sk. 



©. Ad. sk. 

 p. Ad. sk. 

 q. Juv. sk. 

 r. Juv. sk. 



8. 2 ad. sk. 

 £. <J ad. sk. 

 u, v. Ad.; w,x. 



Juv. sk. 

 y. J ad. sk. 

 a, a'. Ad. ; b'. 



Juv. sk. 



Pebas, Upper Amazonia, July 13 



(J. Hauxwell). 

 Elvira, Upper Amazonia (/. 



Hauxwell). 

 Yauayacu, Ecuador (C. Buckley). 

 Salinas, Bolivia, May 9 (R. Pearce). 

 Brazil. 

 Chapada, Matto Grosso, Nov. 17 



(D. W. Smith). 

 Cackocira, Feb. (D. W. Smith). 

 Corumba, March 11 (D. W. Smith). 

 Pernambuco (W. A. Forbes). 



Caicara, Nov. (/. Natterer). 

 Bahia (Dr. Wucherer). 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 M. Claussen [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Jacana melanopygia. 



Parra melanopygia, Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 283 (Santa Marta) ; id. Sf 

 Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 372 (Panama) ; Salvin, P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 161 (Santa Fe", Veragua); id. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 218 (Calobre ; 

 Castillo); Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 70, no. 10533 (1871). 



Adult male. Similar to J. jacana in colour, but much darker and 

 more maroon-chestnut above, and differing in the greater amount 

 of black, which overspreads the lower breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts ; the axillaries and under wing-coverts deep maroon, 

 but the marginal lower coverts and lower primary-coverts black ; 

 inner secondaries centred with black, the longer ones entirely 

 purplish black. Total length 8-5 inches, culmen and frontal shield 

 1*9, wing 8 - 4, tail 1*7, tarsus 2-4, middle toe and claw 2*9. 



This species closely resembles Asarcia variabilis, and is approached 

 by examples of the latter bird from Guatemala and Nicaragua, which 

 are darker in colour than the majority of specimens from Mexico. 

 It shows, moreover, a decided approach to J. nigra, as regards the 

 colouring of the under surface, but is not so entirely black as the 

 last-named species. 



Hab. Panama to U.S. Colombia. 



cJ ad. sk. Castillo, Veragua (E. Arce). 



$ ad. sk. Calobre, Veragua (P. Arce). 



d. Juv. sk. Santa F<§, Veragua (P. Arce). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3. Jacana nigra *. 



Le Chirurgien noir, Briss. Orn. v. p. 124 (1760). 

 Black Jacana, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 1, p. 242 (1785). 



* Parra brasiliensis of Gmelin is sometimes quoted as a synonym of this 

 species, but, I think, wrongly. It is founded on the " Jacana armi " of Brisson, 

 which is in turn derived from Marcgrave. The bird is said to be entirely 



