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Jaeana gymnosioma, Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 177 '" ; Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



X. p. 584" ; Zeledou, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, 1887, p. 131 ''; Stone, Pr. Acad. Philad. 



1890, p. 204 '". 

 Parra cordifera, Less. Rev. Zool. 1842, p. 135 '" ; Duges, La Nat. i. p. 142 ". 

 Parra violacea, Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi. p. 130 ''. 

 Jaeana violacea, Cory, Auk, v. p. 51 ". 

 Jaeana spinosa (nee L.), Elliot, Auk, v. p. 297'*; Richm. Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 530"; 



Jouy, torn. cit. p. 790'°; A. O. U. Check-l. N. Amer. Birds, 2nd ed. p. 105 "; Ctapman, 



Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xriii. p. 628 '". 



Supra saturate vinaceo-eastanea, remigibus sulphureis apicem versus brunneo circumdatis vel fimbriatim 

 terminatis, secundariis intimis dorso concoloribus ; supracaudalibus et rectricibus saturatiijs castaneis, his 

 medianis vix nigricantibus ;. pileo colloque undique cum interscapuiio, gntture et peetore summo viridi- 

 nigris; corpOre reliquo subtus sordide vinaeeo-castaneo, bypocbondriis cum subalaribus et axillaribus 

 pauUo clarius castaneis, margine alari et primariorum tectricibus uigris : rostro cum caruncula frontali et 

 calcario alari Isete flavis ; culminis basi cyanescenti-alba, frontis basi tete coccinea ; pedibus grisescentibus ; 

 iride saturate brunnea. Long, tota circa 8-5, alae 5-3, caudse 2-0, culm. 1-3, tarsi 2-3. (Descr. maris 

 adulti ex lacu Peten. Mus. nostr.) 



2 mari similis, vix major. Long, tota 8-5, alse 5-2. (Descr. femiuse adultse ex Huamaobal. Mus. nostr.) 



Jwv. av. j-un. specierum praecedenti simiHs. 



Full. Pulcbre variegata ; pileo cinnamomeo, lineis paucis uigris ornato ; collo postico nigricante ; dorso 

 cinnamomeo, lineis duplicis, una nigra angusta, altera latiore ocbracea, utrinque instruct© ; facie laterali 

 et eorpore subtus toto albis, fascia nigra supraparotica ad collum posticum nigrum extensa ; ala cinna- 

 momea ad apicem alba. (Descr. puUi ex Mexico. Mus. Brit.) 



Hah. North Amekica, Lower Eio Grande Valley, Texas 3''^. — Mexico {Wagler^), 

 Mazatlan [Kellett & Wood ^ ^, Forrer ^, Grayson ^^, Melcliers ^o), Manzanilla Bay, 

 Eio Zacatula, Eio de Coahuayana (Xuntus ^^), Ghianajuato, Guadalajara {Duges ^^), 

 Zapotlan, Jalisco, Santiago de Tepic, San Bias [Richardson^), Kc^,-^vlco {Lesson^°, 

 Markham'^''), Tampico^, Altamira, Tamaulipas (Biehardson^, Armstrong ^^},ljake 

 Patzcuaro ( Jozj?/ ^^), Jalapa (iS'a^^e ^), Santa Ana (Ferrari-Perez^), Jonatal, Vera 

 Cruz {Trujillo^), Laguna de Epatlan, Puebla (Ferrari-Perez^^), Oaxaca (Boucard% 

 Cosamaloapam and Alvarado, Vera Cruz ^i, Santa Efigenia and Zoiiatepec, 

 Tehuantepec 1*, Tonala, Chiapas ^i (Sumichrast), Teapa (Mrs. E. H. Smith % 

 Buctzotz^, Yucatan 2^ (Gaumer), Shkolak (Stone & Baher^^), Cozumel Island 

 (Gaumer'^^^^); British Honduras, Orange Walk, Belize Eiver (Blancaneaux '^) ; 

 Guatemala, Santana Mixtan ^o, Huamaehal ^, Lake of Peten ^ (0. S. & F. B. G.), 

 Lake of Araatitlan (Wyke'^^); Honduras (Byson-), Belize, Peten, Omoa (ie?/- 

 land^'^% Truxillo (TowMse?2<Z27), Tigre Island and Lake of Yojoa (Taylor'' ^^) ; 

 Nicaragua, Grey town (San Juan del Norte) (Holland ^^, v. Frantzius ^^, 

 Richmond ^^), Escondido Eiver " ^^, Momotombo ^ (Richardson), Sucuya, 

 Omotepe L, Lake of Nicaragua (Nutting ^^ ^^) ; Costa Eica (Carmiol% Las 

 Trojas, Alajuela, Siquirries (Zeledon^^), Lake of Ochomogo, Salitral near San 

 Antonio (v. Frantzius ^% La Palma, Gulf of Nicoya (Nutting 22) ; Panama, Divala 

 (Brown ^). — ^Antilles, Cuba 2, Puerto Eico^, San Domingo 2. 



