JACANA. 391 



A. — Bill greenish, shaped as in the former; crown of the head, 

 neck behind, and back, brown; above the eyes white; along the 

 side of the neck a yellow stripe, divided from the fore part by a 

 second of black, finishing on the breast; excepting this all the 

 under parts are white ; wing coverts white, crossed with a few bars 

 of brown ; prime quills black, ending in two projecting narrow 

 feathers; tail cuneiform, brown; legs pea-green. 



Inhabits India, where it is called a Plover.* Found also in 

 Ceylon, where it is called Een-Yahn-wah.f 



9.— CHINESE JACANA.— Pl. clix. 



Parra Sinensis, hid. Orn. ii. 764. Gm. Lin. i. 709. 

 Vuppi-pi Jacana, View of Hindoost. ii. 159. 

 Chinese Jacana, Gen. Syn. v. 246. Id. Sup. ii. 324. 



LENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill dusky ; forehead, crown, and 

 beneath, to the breast, pale cinereous cream-colour ; back part of the 

 head black ; of the neck yellow, divided from the white before by 

 a line of black on each side; body vinaceous red; wing coverts 

 white; quills black; tail long; legs and toes as in others of the 

 Genus, and greenish. 



Supposed to inhabit China, seen in China drawings. 



A. — Chinese Jacana, Gen. Syn. Sup. 256. pl 117. 



Length two feet, size of the Gold Pheasant. Bill bluish ; front 

 of the head, cheeks, fore part and sides of the neck, white ; hind- 

 head black, descending in a line on each side of the neck to the 



* I suspect that this is related to the following Species, as I have been informed, that 

 when perfect; the two middle tail feathers are longer than the others, as in that bird, 

 f Mr. J. Daniell's drawings. 



