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CHINESE JACANA. 
(Parra Sinensis.) 
Pa. castaneo-vinacea, capite collo anteriore tectricibusque alarum 
albidis, collo postico lutescente, rectricibus qiiatuor intermedi'is 
elongatis. 
Vinaceous-chesnut Jacana with the anterior part of the neck 
and wing-coverts whitish^ the posterior part of the neck yel- 
lowish the four middle tail-feathers elongated. 
Parra Sinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 709- Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 764. 
Chinese Jacana. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 246. Lath. Syn. Sup. 256. 
pi. 117. Lath. Syn. Sup. ii. 324. 
Le Jacana a longue queue. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 498. 
Young. — Parra Luzoniensis. Gtv.el. Syst. Nat. 1. 709. Lath. 
Ind. Orn. 2.764. 
Le Chirurgien de I'lsle de Lugon. Soimer. Voy. 82. 
Luzonian Jacana. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 245. Lath. Syn. Sup. 
256. 
A VERY pretty species; and the adult bird is thus 
commemorated by Latham : " Size of the Gold Phea- 
sant : length two feet : beak bluish : front of the head, 
cheeks, fore part and sides of the neck white ; hind 
part of the head black, descending in a line on each 
side of the neck to the breast : the back part of the 
neck, behind this, of a yellow buff-colour : between 
the neck and back gilded brown : all the under parts 
from the breast deep purple : back and scapulars 
reddish -brown : wing-coverts white : quills brown ; 
the secondaries edged with white ; the ends of some 
of the primaries grow very narrow towards the tips, 
and end almost in a point; at the bend of the wing a 
