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nas, a tribe of Waders, or rather we should say, 

 walkers on the water; for, by means of their very 

 long toes, they are enabled to walk with ease over 

 the large water-plants, whose leaves form a floor, as 

 it were, over the surface. The} r are inhabitants of 



The Horned Screamer. 



the marshes of warm climates, and so shy, that those 

 who hunt for them can only approach by covering 

 themselves with leaves. 



The means of defence in some of the Jacana species 



