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CHILI JACANA. 
(Parra Chilensis.) 
Pa. violacea, capite }tigro, collo subtus ad pectore medio nigro, 
ahdomine albo, remigihm cauddque fuscis, occijnte subcristato. 
Violet Jacana with the head black, the neck beneath to the 
middle of the breast black, the abdomen white, the quills and 
tail brown, the occiput slightly crested. 
Chili Jacana. Lath. Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. .324. 
Parra Chilensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 707. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 
765. 
The Chili Jacana is about the size of a Magpie : 
its beak is two inches in length, and slightly bent at 
the tip : its irides are yellow : the forehead has a 
bilobed red caruncle : the occiput is slightly crested : 
the hinder part of its neck, its back, and wings are 
violet : the fore part of the neck to the middle of 
the breast is black : its belly is white : quills brown : 
spur at the bend of the wings yellow, and half an 
inch long : tail short and brown : legs black : toes 
shorter than usual with the species of this genus. 
Inhabits the plains of Chili, feeding upon insects and 
worms : it is a noisy species ; and builds its nest 
among grass, laying four fulvous eggs, spotted with 
black. The male and female keep together. Its flesh 
is said to be good eating. 
