■^ Fauna : Birds 



overlooked is the common African jac^ana, or leaf-walker 

 iPhyllopezus africauus). This pretty bird with enormous feet 



296. THE AFRICAN JACANA, OR LEAF-WALKER (FHVLLOPEZUS AFRICANUS) 



is tound on pieces of stagnant fresh-water in Liberia, as else- 

 where in Tropical Africa. The present writer obtained one 



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