The Plover-like Birds 



to the secondaries. Its habits are similar to those of its handsomer relative, but 

 the glossy eggs, usually four in number, are buff or olive, marked with a network 



FIG. 132. White-necked Jacana, Phyllopezus albinucha. 



of black or brown lines. The little African Jacana (Microparra capensis), the 

 smallest of the family, is a shy bird of the marshes and pools of South and East 

 Africa, with the plumage a mixture of reddish orange, greenish yellow, black, 

 and white. 



Another African species is the White-necked Jacana (Phyllopezus albinucha), 



