71 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 70F N., July. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7li' X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 71 5" N., July. Seebohm Coll. 



-. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7I3" N., July. Seebohm Coll. 



-. Veuesei "N'alley, Lat. 7H' N., July. Seebohm Coll. 



Sub-Order PARRjE. 

 Family PARRID^. 



Genus HYDROPHASIS, Sharpe. 



Hydrophasis chirurgus {Scop.). 



Parra sinensis, Thieii. Fvrtpjlanz. yes. Voy. tab. Ixxii. fig. 9 (1845-54). 

 Hydrophasianus sinensis, Blyth in Jard, Contrib. Om. 1852, p. 53, 



pi. Lxxxix. tig. 5. 

 Hydrophasianus chirurgus, Leyye, Birds Ceylon, p. 914 (1880) ; Hume, 



Nests l^- Eyqs Ind. B. iii. p. 358 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



Hist. Soc. vi. p. 134, pi. — . tig. 901 (1891). 

 Hvdrophasis chirurgus, iSharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 69 (1896) ; 



id. Hand-l. i. p. 168 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana are broad, sharply 

 pyriform, and extremely glos.sy. They are (juite plain, without a 

 trace of any markings, and range through rich bronze, olive-browu, 

 purplish brown, olive-green, clear brown, and dull yellowish. They 

 measure from \-'2b to I'Oo in length, and from r03 to 1*18 in 

 breadth. 



4. Allygurh, X.W. India, July. Hume Coll. 



0. Allygurh, Aug. Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, 14th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 4. Etawah, I4th Aug. Hume Coll. 

 •2. Etawah, 16th Aug. Hume Coll. 



30. Etawah. Hume Coll. 



2. Utchalda Jhil, Etawah. Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 26th Julv. Hume Coll. 



2. -Alonghyr. ' Prof. Oldham [P.]. 



2. Mudiiapur, Aug. ( rr. i". i>VooA-s). Hume Coll. 



4. Jliansi, Julv {F. R. Blewitt). Hume Coll. 



1. Jhansi, 13th Aug. { jf-'. It. B.). Hume Coll. 

 4. Kaipur, C. Provs. Hume Coll. 



2. Ivaipur. Hume Coll. 

 1. Kaipur. Hume Coll. 



3. Raipur. Hume Coll. 



Genus METOPIDIUS, ^Ynyler. 

 Metopidius indicus {Lath.). 



Parra indica, TJiioi. Furtpflanz. qes. Voy. tab. Ixxii. fig. 10 (1845- 54) ; 

 Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. i. p. 221 (1886) ; vi. p. 133, 

 pi. — . fig. 900 (1891). 



