390 JACANA. 



most vigorously ; it is now shot with the gun ; the flesh is in great 

 estimation, being thought equal in flavour to that of a Snipe. 



D'Azara says it is not uncommon, is a lively and active bird, and 

 not migratory ; male and female alike ; wings reach exactly to the 

 end of the tail ; makes no nest, but lays the eggs on a few green 

 leaves of the marsh pennywort, or other similar aquatic plant; they 

 are four in number, straw-colour, marbled, or veined with black. 



8— LUZONIAN JACANA. 



Parra Luzoniensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 764. Gm. Lin. i. 701. 

 Le Chirurgien de 1'Isle de Lu^on, Son. Voy. S2. pi. 45. 

 Luzonian Jacana, Gen. Syn. v. 245. Id. Sup. 256. 



RATHER less than the Chinese Species. Bill greyish, straight, 

 and a little enlarged at the end, somewhat like that of a Gull; top 

 of the head deep brown ; over the eye a stripe of white, passing 

 down on each side of the neck, and changing into pale yellow 

 behind the eye; through the eye another stripe of ash-colour, ac- 

 companies the first, quite down to the wing; back brown ; beneath 

 from chin to vent white, except a large spot of brown on the breast; 

 at the bend of the wing a sharp spur ; the lesser wing coverts white, 

 the others pale brown, transversely barred with black ; the second 

 quills white, the prime black ; from the three or four of the last of 

 last of these arise as many naked shafts, two inches long, and ending 

 in lance-shaped, feathered points ; they spring from the middle of 

 the shaft of the feather to which they belong, the shaft appearing 

 divided, or branching into two at that part; legs and toes very long, 

 as in others, and dusky black. 



Inhabits the Island of Manilla, chiefly in the moist places, 

 borders of the sea, lakes, and rivers, and has the manners usual to 

 others of the Genus. 



