THE JACANA. 
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the large water-plants, whose leaves form a floor, as 
it were, over the surface. They are inhabitants of 
the marshes of warm climates, qnd so shy, that those 
who hunt for them can only approach by covering 
themselves with leaves. 
THE HORNED SCKEAMER. 
The means of defence in some of the Jacana species 
are very singular. Thus, the Horned Screamer ( Pal a - 
madea cor nut a), of which we annex a plate, so called 
from its peculiar shrill and piercing cry, and the long 
