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146 ,.THE NATURAL HISTORY 
the ftomach lefs black ; the beak is conic, a little | 
bent, and of a dingy white colour; the upper 
mandible is like that of a cock; the noftrils are 
oblong, open, and pervious ; a red membrane, or 
fkin, extends on each fide, from the bafe of the 
beak to the temples. In the middle of this are 
placed the eyes; the irides, or the circles round 
the pupil, are brown. ‘The neck is covered witha ' 
fhort and thick black down, but not with feathers; 
on the lower part of the head, on the temples, and 
below the beak, it is white, for about the breadth 
of one inch; the forehead and back part of the 
head are covered with real feathers of the fame 
colour as the body, but lefs dark. The creft cone 
fifts of about twelve feathers, about three inches 
in length, blackifh ; and they grow very ftraight 
out from the place from whence they fpring, but 
they lean towards the body ; they rife out of the 
: lower part of the head, where the down ends, 
The thighs are half bare and thick; the knees 
are very thick and fwelling, like a knot ; the feet 

have four toes, divided, and of the fame colour; 
fere, that is, to entangle with one another in 
walking. The tail is fhort. 
This Jacana inhabits rivers, lakes, and marfhy 
fituations, near the river Cinu, about thirty 
. leagues, 
the toes are thick, and fo very long, as to inter- 
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