71 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7(H X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 71 J X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7H X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7H X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Yenesei Valley, Lat. 7lJ X., July. Seebohm Coll. 



Sub-Order PARR^E. 

 Family PARRIDJE. 



Genus HYDROPHASIS, Skarpe. 

 Hydrophasis chirurgus (Scop.). 



Parra sinensis, Thieu. Fortpflanz, ges. Vog. tab. Ixxii. fig. 9 (1845-54). 

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



pi. Ixxxix. tig. 5. 

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



Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 358 (1890) ; Barnes, Journ. Bomb. Nat. 



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



Hvdrophasis chirurgus, Sharpe, 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 glossy. They are quite plain, without a 

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

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

 measure from 1*25 to l'(55 in length, and from I p 03 to 1'18 in 

 breadth. 



Allygurh, X.W. India, July. 



Allygurh, Aug. 



Eta\vah, 14th Aug. 



Etawah, 14th Aug. 



Etawah, 16th Aug. 



Etawah. . 



Utchalda Jhil, Etawah. 



Allahabad, 26th July. 



Monghyr. 



Muddapur, Aug. ( W. E. Brooks). 



Jhansi, July (F. R. Blewitt). 



Jhansi, 13th Aug. (F. R. B.}. 



Kaipur, C. Provs. 



Kaipur. 



Kaipur. 



Raipur. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Prof. Oldham [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Genus METOPIDIUS, Wagler. 

 Metopidius indicus (Lath.). 



Parra indica, Thien. Fortpfianz. ges. Vog. tab. Ixxii. fig. 10 (1845-54) ; 

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

 pi. . tig. 900 (1891). 



