HYDRALECTOE. JACANA. ASAKCIA. 73- 



Genus HYDRALECTOR, Waf/la: 



Hydralector gallinaceus (Temm.). 



Parra gallinacea, Gould, P. Z. &. 1864, p. G61 ; id. Hcmdb. Birds Austr. 

 ii. p. 3;30 (1865) ; liumsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 417, pi. viii. tig-. 8 ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests Sf E(j(js Austr. Birds, p. 60 (1883) ; North, Nests Sf Eqgs 

 Amtr. Birds, p. 327, pi. xvi. fig. 8 (1889). 



Hydralector gallinaceus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 79 (1896) 

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



The eggs of the Comb-crested Jacana do not appear to differ from 

 those of Metopidins indices, exceiit in being smaller. Six examples 

 measure from 1'15 to 1'21 in length, and from -S to 'So in breadth. 



2. Australia. Sir Daniel Cooper [P.]. 



2. Australia. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Eastern Australia {Limt. D. Gould Coll. 



Cooper). 



Genus JACANA, Schaeffer. 



Jacana nigra (Gm,). 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Parra liypomelc-ena, Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. 6'. 1879, p. 546. 

 Jacana nigra, >S/iarpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxiv. p. 84 (1896) ; id. Hand-l. 

 i. p. 168 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Jacana in the Collection are quite similar 

 to those of Metopidius indicus, but are of smaller size. Two 

 examples measure respectively: 1'16 by '9 ; 1-18 by -9. 



2. Sta. Elena, Antioquia, U.S. Coloni- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



bia (7'. A'. Sahnoii). 



Genus ASARCIA, Sh(n-2'>e. 



Asarcia variabilis (Linn.). 



Parra jacana, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Yixj. tab. 59. fig. 2 (1855-63). 



Parra gyuinostonia, 8cl. if Salv. Ibis, lt<59, p. 231 ; Baird, Breicer 4' 



liidgic. Water Birds N. Am. i. p. 176 (1884). 

 Asarcia variabilis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. p. 86 (1896) ; id. 



Hand-l. i. p. 169 (1899). 



The eggs of the Mexican Jacana, like those of the Black Jacana, 

 are quite similar to the eggs of Metopidius itidicus, but they are 

 smaller. Three examjilcs measure respectively: I'lS bv '9 : 1"2 

 by -9 ; 1-19 by -86. 



3. Honduras. Old Collection. 



2. Lake Peten, Guatemala, April Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(O. Salviu) 



