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14 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
the beak, and the beak, are of a clay colour; the 
forehead is white; the throat and quill feathets, 
and the fecond feathers are white at the tip ; the tail 
half way from the bafe is of a dingy white, the 
reft black, with pale reddifh tips. This Parra of 
Senegal, called the Senegal Sandpiper, has a little 
horny black {pur on the joint of each of his wings, 
The negroes call thefe birds Net Net: ; the 
French call.them Screamers. Mr. Adanfon fays, 
the moment they fee a man, they flutter round 
him, and {cream as loud as they can; this gives 
an alarm to all the birds that are within hearing, 
and they ‘imnrediately fly away ; for this reafon 
fowlers very much diflike the Screamer. 
The Jacana of Brazil, or the Chefnut Jacana, 
is another fpecies of the Parra; he has fpurs on 
his wings, and a kind of flap of fkin onthe fore 
part of his head, and one on each fide of the bafe 
of the beak. His toes and nails are extremely 
long ; the toe behind is as long as the middle toe 
before ; his nails are ftrait, round, and fharp, like 
needles: for this reafon, perhaps, the bird has by 
fome been called the Surgeon. This fpecies is 
common in Brazil and other parts of South Ame. 
rica: though its legs be long, its body is not fo 
large as a 2 pigeon ’s 3 it frequents aie place 



