THE JACANA. 
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as it not only feeds with them, but accompanies them into 
the fields, and brings them hack in the evening. It has 
in consequence been named the faithful Jacana {Parra 
chav aria). 
The Horned Screamer. 
The fourth genus consists of the Kails, including our 
Corncrake and Water-rail, which may be called English 
Jacanas, as, in manners and habits, there is a considerable 
resemblance ; they differ from the Coots chiefly in having no 
plate or horny- shield covering the forehead, and from the 
Jacanas, in not havhig their wings armed with spines. 
They are rarely seen, as they feed, morning and evening, 
amongst reeds and marsh-growing plants, and conceal them- 
selves during the day in long grass, or ditches, from whence 
