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Genus HYDRALECTOR, Wagler. 



Hydralector gallinaceus (Ternm.}. 



Parra gallinacea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 661 ; id. Handb. Birds Austr. 

 ii. p. 330 (1865) ; Ramsay, Ibis, 1867, p. 417, pi. viii. tig'. 3 ; Camp- 

 bell, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 60 (1883) ; North, Nests fy Eggs 

 Austr. 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 Metopidius indicus, except in being smaller. Six examples 

 measure from 1-15 to 1'21 in length, and from *8 to '85 in breadth. 



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



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



2. Eastern Australia (Lieut. D. Gould Coll. 



Cooper). 



Genus JACANA, ScJiaeffer. 



Jacana nigra (Gm,\ 

 (Plate III. fig. 7.) 



Parra hypomelsena, Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 546. 

 Jacana nigra, Sharve. Cat. Birds B. M. 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 Metopidim indicus, but are of smaller size. Two 

 examples measure respectively : T16 by '9 ; T18 by -9. 



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



bia (T. K. Salmon}. 



Genus ASARCIA, Sharpe. 



Asarcia variabilis (Linn.}. 



Parra jacana, Baedeke)-, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 59. fig. 2 (1855-63). 



Parra gymnostoma, Scl. fy Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 231 ; Baird, Brewer $ 



Midgw. 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 indicus, but they are 

 smaller. Three examples measure respectively : 1*18 by '9 ; 1'2 

 by -9 ; 1'19 by -86. 



3. Honduras. Old Collection. 



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



(O. Salwri) 



