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4— BRAZILIAN JACANA. 



Parra Brasiliensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 763. Gm. Lin. i. 708. 

 Jacana armata, Bris.v. 123. Id. 8vo. ii. 243. 

 Aguapecaca, Rail, 115. 9. Will. =231. Id. Engl. p. 317. 

 Le Jacana-peca, Bnf. viii. 190. 

 Brasilian Jacana, Gen. Syn. v. 243. 



SIZE of the first Species; plumage wholly greenish black; on the 

 fore part of the wing a sharp, yellow spur; legs and toes long as in 

 the others. 



Inhabits Brazil, Cayenne, and Guiana, and there called Agua 

 pecaca : has the general manners of the Chestnut one, but differs in 

 some respects, for it is not only seen in pairs, but sometimes twenty 

 or thirty together, skulking among the flags in the watery places; 

 feeds on small fish, and aquatic insects, wading some way in the 

 water after them. 



5.— GREEN JACANA. 



Parra viridis, Ind. Orn. ii. 763. Gm. Lin. i. 708. 



Jacana, Bris.v. 121. 7rf.8vo.ii. 242. 



Gallinula Brasiliensis, Jacana dicta, Rail, 115. Wilt. 237. t. 59. 



Le Jacana vert, Biif. viii. 189. 



Brasilian Water Hen, called Jacana, Will. Engl. 317. § x. pi. 59. 



Green Jacana, Gen. Syn. v. 243. 



SIZE of a Pigeon. Bill more than one inch long, half red, 

 half yellow ; the fore part of the head covered with a round blue 

 membrane, the colour of a Turcoise ; plumage in general blackish 

 green; the head, iieck, and breast glossed with violet; under tail 

 coverts white ; legs yellowish green ; toes very long, the middle one 

 two inches and a half; the claws also long and yellow. 



Inhabits Brazil, probably allied to the last; but authors have 

 not mentioned any spur on the wing. 



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