INDIAN JACANA. 
A HIGHLY elegant species, with the prevailing co- 
lour of its body black, brilliantly glossed with blue 
and violet reflections : its head and neck to the upper 
parts of its breast are of a brilliant bronzed-green 
colour : behind the eye is a dash of white : the quills 
are black : the wing-coverts yellowish or dirty lu- 
teous : the rump and tail are blood-red. Inhabits 
Brasil. 
INDIAN JACANA. 
(Parra Indica.) 
Pa. ccBruleO'iiigricans, dor so alisque Juscis, superciliis alhis, ad 
rictum oris macula rubra. 
Dusky-blue Jacana with the back and wings brown, the eye- 
brows white, and a red spot near the gape. 
Parra Indica. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 765. 
Indian Jacana. Lath. Syn. Sup. 257. 
Beak yellow, with the base of its upper mandible 
dusky-blue ; and near the gape a spot of red : a white 
streak passes over the eye, and reaches some distance 
down the side of the neck : the head, neck, and upper 
parts of the body are deep blue-black : the back and 
wings are dirty ashy-brown ; as are the quills, but 
darker, with a tinge of violet : legs dirty yellowish- 
brown. Inhabits India ; and is a shy bird, frequent- 
ing stagnant lakes ; and building its nest upon float- 
ing materials, among weeds, near the banks. 
