■^ Fauna : Birds 



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

 {Fhyllopezus afrkanus). This pretty bird with enormous feet 



296. THE AFRICAN ]Ac;ANA, OR I.KAK-WAI.K i;K (i'lIVLLOPKZUS Ai'RlCANUS) 



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

 where in Tropical Africa. The present writer obtained one 



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