i888.] Elliot on the Jacanidce. zSo 



sufficient to enable satisfactory conclusions to be reached. T 

 would express my thanks to Messrs. Henshaw and Cory and 

 Professors Goode and Ridjjway, for the assistance given. 



The following are the chief points in the literature of the 

 family : 



175S. LiNN.EUs, Systcma Naturcc. In the genus Fulica^ 

 comprising species of various genera, the Jacana from Carthagena, 

 without pendent wattles, and iri-lobed frontal wattles, is named 

 Fulica spinosa Species i. 



1766. Linnaeus, Systcma Natuiw, i2tJi cd. In the genus 

 Parra two Jacanas are described, the bird from Brazil as P. 

 jacaiia.,\\wA P. variabilis {^ P. spinosa). . . . Species 2. 



I 786. Scopoi.i, Dclicice Flora: et Fauna; l7isubric(€. Under 

 the genus Trifii^a a jacana is described as T. chirurgiis . 



Species 3. 



178S. G.MELiN, Systcma Naturic. Eight species of Jacana 

 are here given under Parra., two for the first time, viz., P. nigra 

 and P. africana. The others are P. jacana Linn., P. hrasili- 

 ensis and P. viridis (= P. nigra), P. variabilis (= P. spinosa 

 Liim.), /'. luzonicnsis., and P. sinensis (= T. chimrgtis 

 Scop.) Species 5. 



1790. LAT^A^r, Index Ornithologicns. The list of Parra 

 here given is Init a repetition of that of Gmelin, except that one 

 species, P. ijidica, is described for the first time. . Species 6. 



181 7. ViKii,ix)r, Noiivcaii Dictionnaire d' Histoire A^atu- 

 rcllc. The list of Parra of this author is the same as those of 

 Gmelin and Latham, save that he renames the /'. i?idica. P. 

 cristata. 



1830- 1839. Temminck, Planchc Color iees. One new species 

 is here described as P. gallinaccus Species 7. 



1833. Geoff. Sr. Wn.AMiM, in Magaz in dc Zoologie. Parra 

 albin/tcha is first descril)ed Species 8. 



1832. Lesson, Traito 0)->iitJiologic. y. spinosa is renamed 

 /'. cordifera. 



1832. Wagler, Isis. In this publication y. spinosa is re- 

 named P. gymnostonia. and three genera are proposed for these 

 birds : Uydrophasiamt s for /'. cJiirurgus Scop. ; Metopidius., 

 containing P. africana and P. oenea {= P. indica Lath.). (As 

 the first named has the front and top of head bare and no wattle, 

 it cannot be classed in the same genus with P. indica which 



