were 
BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 17 
{Parra] nigra Gueuin, Syst., Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 708 (‘‘Brasilia”; based on Jacana 
armata nigra Brisson, Orn., v, 124).—LatrHam, Index Orn., ii, 1790, 762 
(“Brazil”). 
Parra nigra VizrtLotT, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., xvi, 1817, 448 (‘‘Brazil”’); Tabl. 
Enc. Méth., iii, 1823, 1054.—ScutecrL, Mus. Pays-Bas, v, no. 30, livr. 7 
(Ralli), 1865, 65.—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iii, 1903, 
342 (David, Calobre, Lion Hill, and Laguna del Pita, Panama; Colombia; 
Venezuela; Amazonia), 
Jacana nigra Evxiot, Auk, v, July, 1888, 296 (monogr.).—SHarrz, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 84 (Lion Hill and Calobre, Panama; Antioquia and 
Bogota, Colombia).—Banas, Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, ii, 1900, 14 (Loma 
del Leon, Panama).—ALLEn, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., xiii, 1900, 126 (Cienega, 
Santa Marta, Colombia). 
[Jacana] nigra SHarrE, Hand-list, i, 1899, 168. 
?[Parra] brasiliensis GmEuin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 2, 1789, 708 (Brazil; Cayenne; 
Guiana; based on Jacana armata Brisson, Orn., v. 123).—LarHam, Index 
Orn., ii, 1790, 763. 
{?) Parra brasiliensis Vir1ttotT, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat., xvi, 1817, 448; Tabl. 
Enc. Méth., iii, 1823, 1054. 
(?) [Parra] viridis Guewin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. ii, 1789, 708 (Brazil).—Latuam, 
Index Orn., ii, 1790, 763.—Vie1ttot, Tabl. Enc. Méth., iii, 1823, 1055. 
Parra hypomelena Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, pl. 159.—Sciarsr, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
Lond., 1856, 283 (monogr.; Santa Marta, Bogota, and Cartagena, Columbia; 
Chiriqui, Panama); 1857, 20 (Bogota).—Sanvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870, 
218 (Calobre, Veragua, Panama; crit.).—Wvyartt, Ibis, 1871, 116 (Barranquilla, 
Colombia), 383 (Lake Paturia and delta of Rio Magdalena, Colombia).—Scia- 
TER and Satvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 546 (Santa Elena, Antioquia, 
Colombia).—Brruerscu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, 320 (Lake Paturia). 
{Parra] hypomelena Scuater and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 142. 
Parra melanopygia ScuateR, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856 [pub. Jan. 26, 1857], 283 
(Santa Marta, Colombia; coll. Verreaux;=maroon-backed phase).—LAWRENCE, 
Ann. Lyc. N. Y., vii, 1862, 301 (Lion Hill, Panama).—Scrater and Satvin, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, 372 (Panama).—Satvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
1867, 161 (Santa Fe de Veragua, Panama); 1870, 218 (Calobre and Castillo, 
Veragua, Panama).—Brruerscn, Journ. fiir Orn., 1889, 320 (Sarayacu, n. e. 
Peru; crit.).—Satvin and Gopman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, iti, 1903, 341 
(Castillo, Calobre, and Santa Fe, Veragua, Panama; Santa Marta, Colombia). 
[Parra] melanopygia SctaTER and Satvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 142. 
Jacana melanopygia SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxiv, 1896, 84 (Castillo 
Calobre, and Santa Fe, Veragua, Panama). 
[Jacana] melanopygia SHaRPE, Hand-list, i, 1899, 168. 
Superfamily CHDICNEMI. 
=Cidicnemi Suarez, Review Rec. Att. Classif. Birds, 1891, 73; Hand-list, i, 1899, 
xvi, 172. 
>Otides Fiinprincer, Unters. Morph. Syst. Vog., ii, 1888, 1556 (Otididee+ Gdicne- 
mide). 
Holorhinal Limicole with supraorbital grooves present and cora- 
coids overlapping. 
Basipterygoid processes absent; occipital foramina absent; inter- 
orbital septum incomplete; cervical vertebrae, 16; fused dorsal verte- 
40017—19—B ull. 50, pt 8S——3 
