i888.] Cory oh the Birds of (he West Indies. C I 



Aramiis scolopacens GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 355 (1847).— Salle, P. Z. S. 

 1857. P- 236 (San Domingo). 



Aramus giganteus ScL. P. Z. S. 1861. p. 81 (Jamaica). — GuxDL. Repei't. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I. p. 360 (1S66).— Bryant, Pr. Host. Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. X, p. 257 (1866) (Porto Rico) ; ib. XI, p. 97 (1867) (San Do- 

 mingo). — SuNDEV. Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 601 (Porto 

 Rico). — GuNDL J. f. O. 1S75, p. 353 (Cuba); Z^. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 Hist. Nat. Vir, p. 387 (1S78) (Porto Rico).— A. & E. Newton, 

 Handb. Jamaica, p. 115 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 



Notherodius scolopaceus Gundl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 89 (Cuba). 



Aramus scolopaceus giganteus Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 155 

 (1881) (Haiti). 



Aramus fictiis Cory, Bds. Haiti and San Domingo, p. 157 (1885). 



Common in the Greater Antilles. 



Family JACANID^ 

 Genus Jacana Briss. 



Jacaiia Brissox, Orn. V, p. 121 (1760). 



Jacana violacea (Cory). 



Parra Jacana D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 249 (1840). 



— GuNDL. J. f. O. 1856, p. 425 (Cuba). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. 



Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).--GuNDL. J. f. O. 1862, p. 



89 (Cuba) ; ib. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 360 (1S66) : ib.]. f. O. 



1875. P- 33S (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 385 



(187S) (Porto Rico) .? 

 Parra violacea Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI. pp. 130, 155 (1881) 



(Haiti) ; /Zi. List Bds. W. I. p. 29 (1885). 

 Parra gymnostoma Cory', Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 159 (1S85). 



Sp. Char. Male: — Bill and comb pale orange; bare skin at the base of the 

 lower mandible pale bluish white; head, neck, and upper breast 

 dark lustrous green ; back and wing-coverts purple, shading into 

 rich golden brown near the rump; rump and tail-coverts purple; 

 underparts dark purple, showing a tinge of dark rufous on the cris- 

 sum;mostof the primaries and secondaries bright yellow, edged 

 with brown; tail rufous brown; carpal spur pale orange; legs and 

 feet dull olive; iris brown. 



Length, 9; wing, 5.50; tail. 2.25; tarsus, 2.25; bill, 1.40 



Habitat. Cuba, Haiti, and San Domingo. 



