262 
AVES. 
deep chestnut; throat and breast pale ash ; abdomen and cris- 
sum yellowish-white; irides hazel; bill light brown ; legs flesh- 
coloured. Nine inches and a half long. Inhabits Europe. 
Section II_Ridge of upper mandible dilated into a plate on 
the forehead. 
GaUinula Chloropus. — The Water Hen. 
Plate LXIII. fig. 2. 
Upper parts iridescent olive-green, changing to brown ; under 
parts dusky ; feathers of the crissum tipped with white, horny- 
shield red ; bill green and yellow at the tip ; a white spot under 
each eye ; irides red; naked part of tibia red ; tarsus and feet 
clouded with yellow and green. Fourteen inches long. In¬ 
habits Europe. 
Genus 33.— PARRA. — Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Bill as long as the head; straight, slen¬ 
der, and considerably compressed, somewhat arched from the 
middle, and tapering to a point in both mandibles ; base de¬ 
pressed, and elevated to a crest on the front; upper mandible 
projecting beyond the under one at the tip ; nostrils oval, lateral, 
situated near the centre of the bill; legs very long ; tibia naked 
three quarters of its length ; tarsus thickening as it descends ; feet 
with three very long anterior toes, entirely free, furnished with 
long straight claws ; hallux parallel with the toes, father long, 
and furnished with an extremely long, straight, subulate claw, 
slightly retrousse at the tip •, wings short, armed with a short 
spine at the axilla; the second and third quills the longest. 
Parra Jacana. — The Chestnut Jacana. 
Plate LX I. fig. I. 
Back, throat, upper wing-coverts, and scapulars, rich chest¬ 
nut-coloured ; under parts black, iridescent, changing to purple ; 
bill yellow, carunculated at the base. Ten inches long. In¬ 
habits South America. 
Genus 34. — P ORPH YRIO.— Brisson. 
Generic Character. —Bill of medium size, robust, hard, coni¬ 
cal, nearly as deep as long, somewhat shorter than the head; 
