iSSS.] Elliot <», tin Jacaiiuhr. 297 



another name, /'. mclanopyv^la ^ from Santa INTartlia, Colombia, 

 separating it from both Gray's bird and P. nigra of GmcHn, 

 which last he places as a synonym of /'. jacana Linn., and so 

 it has gone on among writers up to the present day. In no 

 stage of its plumage can it be confounded with P. jacana Linn. 

 I also am unil)lc to perceive any diHerence in specimens from 

 Santa Martlia and tliose from other localities entitling them to 

 separate specific rank, antl liave consecpiently placed P. inclan- 

 opygia Sclater among the synonyms of y. nigra. Gmelin's 

 description, capiti\ collo., caitda et corporc supra nigro.^ proves 

 at once that he had \\u\ jacana in view, for this species has the 

 tail and body above, l)right jnuple chestnut, with the tips of the 

 rectrices a greenish black. Gmelin's synonym is the yacana 

 armata nigra Brisson, Av. Vol. V, p. 124, No. 3, where an 

 elaborate and complete description of /'. nigra is given. 



• Jacana spinosa. 



Fulicd spin,).«i Linn. Syst. Nat. 175S, p. 152 (imtnaturc). 



Piirrci vtiridbilh LiNN. Syst. Nat. 1766, p. 260 (imiii.). — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



17SS, I, p. 708. — I.ATH. Ind. Orn. 1790, II, p. 763. — Vif.ill. V.ncy. 



Mcth. 1S23, p. 1055, pi. 60, No. 2. 

 Parra jiicdua Sn.\w {iicc. Linn.), Gen. Zool. 1824, p. 263 (desc. and syn* 



f(ir/iiii), pi. 7,1. 

 Puna irymiiosfoma \V..\gl. Isis, 1832, p. 517. — Gk.\y, Gen. B. 1846,111, p. 



5S9. — SCLAT. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 283. 1857, P- 206. 1858, p. 360, i860, 



p. 393.— MooKE, P. Z. S. 1S59, p. 64. — ScLAT. & Salv. Ibi.s, 1859, P- 

 231. — Taylor, Ibis, i860, p. 314. — Sciileg. Mus. Pays-B. Ralli, 

 1S65, p. 66. — Salv. Ibis, 1870. p. 116. — Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, pp. 116, 

 383. — Merrill, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 1876, I, p. 88. — Forbes, 

 P. Z. S. i88r, pp. 642,646.— Salv. P. Z. S. 18S3, p. 42S.— Baird, Br. 

 & Riu(;. W. B. N A.1SS4, I, p. 176. — Cory, B. Ilait. & San. D, 

 1885, p. 159. pi.— RiDG. Man. B. 1887, p. 183. 



Parra cordifcra Less. Rev. Zool. 1S24, p. 135. — Des Muks, Icoi^. Orn. 

 p. 849, pi. 42. 



Parra violacca Cory, llull. Nutt. Orn. Chib, i88r, VI, ]>. 130. 



/li-Z/^Z/.-IlL-ad, neck, upper iiartotback and breast , blaek, witb Lri-cen 

 and purjile retlerlions. ISaek and \vinij;s purplish chestnut. Rump, uppir 

 tail-coverts, and tail dark purple. Lower portion of breast and tlanks dull 

 maroon. Abdomen, thiijhs and under tail-covcrts dull brownish maroon. 

 Primaries and secondaries pale yellowish green, bordered on the first with 

 blackish brown ; this color including the entire outer web of the first two 

 primaries, the secondaries being onlj' tipped with blackish brown. Frontal 

 leaf or wattle divided into three lobes on top. broad above, narrowing to 



