5. JACANA. 



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Parra spinosa (nee L.), ffidgtu. Water-B. N. Amer. i. p. 175 (1884). 

 .Tacnna spinosa, 8/ejn. Auk, ii. p. 338 (1885, ex Linn.). 

 Jacana jacana, Elliot, Auk, v. p. 294 (1888) ; Hiker fy Chapm. Auk, 

 viii. p. 163 (1891 : Santarem). 



Adult. General colour above rich chestnut, inclining to maroon 

 on tho mantle ; wing-coverts all maroon ; bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts black ; quills sulphur-yellow, with black margins at the 

 ends, tho primaries also margined with black for the greater part of 

 the outer web ; inner secondaries like the back ; rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, and tail maroon-chestnut, the latter with dusky-brown 

 margins to the feathers ; head all round and neck black, with a 

 green gloss, extending over the mantle on the upper parts ; entire 

 under surface of body greenish black, under wing-coverts and axil- 

 liaries as well as the sides of tho body maroon-chestnut : " bill 

 bright orange ; wing-spur wax-yellow ; feet lead-colour, washed 

 with olive-green near the feathered part ; lappets on head dark lake- 

 red; iris pale yellow " (Xeuwied). Total length 7'8 inches, culmen 

 with frontal shield 1'65, wing 4'9, tail D45, tarsus 2'2, middle 

 toe and claw 2"9. 



Young. Different from the adult. Above dull bronzy brown, 

 with sandy-rufous edgings to many of the feathers ; rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and tail dusky brown ; wing-coverts ashy brown, the 

 greater series edged with sandy rufous, the marginal ones chestnut ; 

 bastard-wing and primary-coverts black ; qui]ls paler yellow than 

 in the adult, and with broader dusky tips ; inner secondaries like 

 the back ; head dusky brown ; neck blackish, slightly overspreading 

 the mantle ; a broad eyebrow and sides of face white, with a black 

 line skirting the ear-coverts from behind the eye ; entire under 

 surface of body white, with a sandy-buff shade on the fore-neck and 

 chest ; under wing-coverts and sides of body maroon ; marginal 

 coverts and lower primary-coverts dusky brown edged with white : 

 "upper mandible green, the lower one yellow; legs verditer ; iris 

 yellow" (E. L. Layard). 



Hab. South America, from the Argentine Republic north to 

 Ecuador and British Guiana. 



a. Ad. st. South America. 



b. Ad. st. British Guiana. 



0. Ad. sk. British Guiana. 



d. c? ad. sk. Cariinang River, British Guiana, 



Nov. (//. Whitdy). 



e. $ ad. sk. Quonga, British Guiana, Oct. (H. 



Wllifrhl). 



f. Ad. sk. River Amazon (.4. 22. Wallace), 

 y. S ad. sk. Para, Nov. (W. Harrison). 



/;, i. o" ad. et Para, Dec. (E. L. Layard). 



jiiv. sk. 

 /.-. Ad. sk. Mavanham (/'. Wvndehorri). 



1. Ad. sk. 1 liver Tocantins, Sept. (.4. R. 



Wallace). 



Purchased. 



Sir R. Schoniburcrk 



[C.I. 

 Col. Strachan [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Vov. II. M.S. 'Ame- 



thv<t." 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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