FAITHFUL CHAUNA. 
("Cliauna Chavaria.) 
Ch. corpore supra fusco, collo abdcmincquc iiigris, teinporibus 
guldque albis. 
Chauna witli tlie body above brown, tlie neck and abdomen black, 
the temples and throat white. 
Parra Chavaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. i60. Gincl. Sj/st. Nat. I. 
709, Lath. Lnd. Orn. 2. 764. 
Faithful Jacana. Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 240. 
Le Chaia du Paraguai. Cuv. Ren:. Anini. 1. 49!). 
This appears to be a very rare bird ; at least, but 
few specimens have ever been brought to Europe. 
It is about the size of the dunghill Cock, but stands 
a foot and a half from the ground : its beak is conic, 
slightly bent, and of a dirty white colour ; at its base, 
on each side, is a red membrane, extending to the 
temples ; in the middle of this the eyes are placed : 
its irides are brown : its occiput is adorned with 
about a dozen blackish feathers, forming an impend- 
ing crest three inches in length : the rest of the 
neck is thickly covered with black down : under the 
beak and temples pure white : the body is brown : the 
wings and tail blackish, shaded with grey ; the latter 
short : the legs are long, strong, and of a yellowish- 
red colour ; and its toes are so long as to entangle 
each other in walking. 
On the authority of Jacquin, Linna3us gives the 
following history of this bird : It inhabits the rivers, 
lakes, and marshes, near the river Cinu, about thirty 
