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HLEMElfTS OP OENITHOLOGT. 



altogether of ten species, whereof five are Ethiopian and two 

 Oriental, while one is found in Australia. 



We have now briefly surveyed a great number of Wading Birds, 

 beginning with the RaUs and Coots. Their long toes we saw 

 to be noteworthy, but there is yet another group of very simi- 

 larly formed Water Birds which have their toes still more elon- 

 gated to facilitate their walking over the large floating leaves of 



Fig. 64. 



The Brazilian Jacana {Fa/rra jacana). 



some aquatic plants of the warmer regions. These birds are 

 known as " Jacanas," and the species Parra jacana may betaken 

 as an example of ten or a dozen others, some of which are 

 inhabitants of the Old World, while others are American. 

 One form, which is the largest, has a long tail and is classed in 

 a separate genus as the Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianws 



