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BRASILIAN POllPHYKIO. 
black, but less deep than the former described parts : 
the neck, breast, and flank of a clear indigo tint : the 
under tail-coverts white. Inhabits New Holland. 
E RASH. I AN PORPHYRIO. 
ij'rio Brasilieiisis.) 
Po. Tiigro-virida.is, capile collo pcctoreqne viulaceo-varuintlbus, 
rectricihiis nigrn-viridantibiis, tectricibus siibtus albis. 
Green-black Porpiiyrio Mith the head, ueck, and breast varied 
with violaceous, the tail-feathers of a black- green, the coverts 
beneath v. hitc. 
Parra viri;Iis. Giticl. Sj/st. Kai. I. 708. Lath. Iiid. Oni. 2. 753. 
Jacana. Driss. Orn. o. 121. 
Gallinuia Brasiliensis, Jacana dicta. Ihiii, Si/>t. 11.5. 
Le Jacana vert. Biif. Ois. 8. 189. 
Green Jacana. Lath. Gen- Si/n. 5. 243. 
Native of Brasil, and thus described by Latham : 
*' Size of a pigeon : beak 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 turquoise : the head, throat, neck, and breast 
blackish-green, glossed with violet : back, rump, sca- 
pulars, coverts of the wings and tail, belly, and thighs 
blackish-green : quills and tail much the same : under 
tail-coverts white : toes very long ; the middle one 
two inches and a half in length : claws also long 
and yellow." 
