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FarridaB. 



1832. Geoffroy St.-Hilairb, Isid. Jacana, Parra. Lin. < Chi6\ Mag. de Zool., 2« 

 ann^e, 1832, classe ii, notice vi, pi. vi. 

 Parra albinuca [sic], pi. vi, sp. n. ; Madagascar. [Metopodiusi] 



1856. SCLATER, P. L. On the species of the American genus Parra. <^ P. Z. S., xxiv, 



1856, pp. 282, 283. 



The American birds of the genus Parra, with their Old World representatives of the genera 

 Metopodius, Hydraleotor, and Hydrophasianus, are considered to constitute a natural group 

 related to the Ballidce, but remarkable for the extreme elongation of the toes. The article 

 is a synopsis of five spp., with synonymy, diagnosis, and habitat : 1, P. jacana, L. 2, P. in- 

 termedia, Bp., sp. n., p. 282, Venezuela. 3, P. melanopygia, sp. n., p. 283, New Grenada. 4, 

 P. hypomelcena, Gr. & Mitch. 5, P. gymnostoma, "Wagl. 



1857. ScLATER, P. L. On the Species of the American genus Parra. <^ Ann. Mag. Nai. 



Hist., 2d ser., xix, 1857, pp. 410, 411. 

 From P. Z. S., July 8, 1856, pp. 282, 283, q. v. 



1864. Gould, J. Description of the Egg of Parra gallinacea [Hydralector cristata]. 



< P. Z. S. , Dec. 13, 1864, p. 661. 



1865. Gould, J. Description of the Egg of Parra gallinacea [Hydralector cristata]. 



<:^ Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist., 3d ser., xvi, 1865, p. 70. 

 Trom P. Z. S. , Dec. 13, 1864, p. 66L 



