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JACANA. 



GENUS LXXXVII— JACANA. 



1 Chestnut Jacana 



7 Chili 



C Var. 



2 Variable 



8 Luzonian 



10 African 



3 Black 



A Var. 



A Var. 



4 Brasilian 



9 Chinese 



11 Indian 



5 Green 



A Var. 



A Var. 



6 Faithful 



B Var. 



B Var. 



JjILL slender, sharp-pointed, thickest towards the end ; the base, 

 in many species, carunculated. 



Nostrils subovated, in the middle of the bill. 



Wings armed on the front with one or more sharp spurs. 



Toes four on each foot, very long, and furnished with long, 

 straight, pointed claws. 



1— CHESTNUT JACANA. 



Parra Jacana, Ind. Oni. ii. 762. Lin. i. 259. Gm. Lin. i. 707. Borowsk. iii. 99. 



Jacana armata fusca, Bris. v. 125. t. 11. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 244. 



Gallinula Brasiliensis 4ta. Marcgr. Rati, 115. 11. Will. 237. 



Yohual quachili, Raii, 178. 5. 



II Cirujana, Gabin. de Madrid, ii. p. 61. lam. 64. 



Le Jacana, Bvf. viii. 185. pi. 16. PI. enl. 322. 



Gemeine Jacana, Schmid, Vog. p. 129. 1. 112. 



The fourth Brasilian Water Hen of Marcgrave, Will. Engl. 318. 



Le Chevalier, Ferm. Surin. ii. 193. 



Spur-winged Water Hen, Ediv. pi. 357. 



Chestnut Jacana, Gen.Syn.v. 241. 



SIZE of the Water Rail ; length about ten inches. Bill one 

 inch and a quarter long, and orange-coloured ; on the forehead a 

 membranous flap, half an inch long, and about equal in breadth ; 

 on each side of the head a second, but narrower, and together sur- 

 round the base of the bill ; the head, neck, breast, and under parts, 

 are black ; the back, wing coverts, and scapulars, fine chestnut, 



