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| the fides of ponds and ftreams, and wades quite 
_ yp to the thighs in water. 
‘The Jacanas of Brazil generally go in pairs, 
i and when any accident feparates them, they call 
hi ‘to one another. ‘They are very wild; a fowler 
| ~ cannot come near them but by ufing fome con- 
- trivance, by covering himfelf with leaves, or con- 
_cealing himfelf behind bufhes or reeds. 
They fly very fwiftly, but not very high; their 
4 cry is fharp and fhrill, and may be heard ata 
- diftance. Poultry are fometimes terrified at it ; 
- perhaps they miftake it for the cry of a bird of 
F prey; but this is far from the cafe, for though Ja- 
-canas be provided with arms, they are of a gentle 
- dilpofition, and only ufe them in their own de- 
fence. They are feen in the greateft numbers in 
poe: they are moftly in pairs; but fome- 
mes appear in flocks of twenty or thirty. They 
hele {mall fith, and on aquatic or water infects, 
and they are efteemed good food. They hide 
 dheefelves among the rufhes. 
‘The faithful Jacana has very long toes; its 
» feet are yellowith, and it has a creft of blackith 
- feathers about three inches long, which hang down 
behing ditshead. Its body is the fize of that of a 
iin sand eighteen inches high from the ground ; 
ngs and tail are blackith, clouded with grey; 
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