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GEALLATOEES, OE WADIKG BIEDS. 



female lays four or five eggs, on whicli she sits during the night 

 only, the high temperature j)roduced by a tropical sun supplying 

 the necessary warmth. As soon as hatched the young ones leave 

 the nest, and are able to follow their parents about. 



Fig. 123. — Horned Screamer or Kamichi {Palamedea cornuta, Sw,). 



The Common Jacana is black, with neck and shoulders of a 

 reddish brown, and green wing- feathers. 



In the Kamicht, or Horned Screamer {Palameclea cornuta), the 

 beak is shorter than the head, slightly compressed, and bent at the 

 point; the wings are wide-spreading, and provided with strong 

 spurs on the shoulders ; the toes are separated, and furnished with 

 long, stout, and pointed claws. Their plumage is of a blackish 



