J A C A N A, 



brown : quills green, tipped with brown : tail black 

 part of the wing a yellow fpur : legs afh-colour. 

 Inhabits Brafil. 



on the fore 



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Place. 



Le Jacana arme, ou le Chirurgien, Brif. Orn. v. p. 123. 2» 

 Le Jacana-peca, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 190. 

 Aguapecaca, Rail Syn. p. 115. g.— fVilL Orn. p. 317. 



BRASJLIAN J. 



C I Z E of the firft fpecies. The colour of the plumage wholly Descrift 



greenifh black : on the fore part of the wing a lharp yellow 

 fpur : and the legs and toes long, as in the others. 



Inhabits Brafil, Cayenne, and Guiana, where it is called Agua- 

 pecaca, The manners like that of the Chefnut one ; but now 

 and then twenty or thirty are feen together : fkulk among the 

 flags in the watery places, and feed on fifh and aquatic infects, 

 wading fome way in the water after them. 



Place anb 

 Manners. 



Le Jacana, Brif. Orn. v. p. 121. 1. 



vert, Buf. Oif. viii. p. 189. 



Gallinula Brafilienfis, Jacana difta, Rait Syn, p. 1 1 J. 8. 

 Brafilian Water Hen, called Jacana, Will. Orn. p. 317. pi. 59, 



CIZE of a Pigeon. Bill more than an inch long; the colour 

 half red half yellow : the fore part of the head covered with 

 a round membrane the colour of a turcoife : the head, throat, 

 neck, and breaft, blackifh green, gloried with violet : back, 

 rump, fcapulars, coverts of the wings and tail, belly, and thighs, 

 blackifh green : quills and tail much the fame ; under tail co- 

 verts white : legs yellowifh green : toes very long; the middle 

 one two inches and a half in length : claws alfo long and yellow. 



I i 1 None 



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