OF BIRDS. Be 
the fides of ponds and ftreams, and wades quite 
up to the thighs in water. : 
The Jacanas: of Brazil ne Te 20 in pairs, 
and when any accident feparates them, they call 
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 cone 
 cealing himfelf behind buthes or reeds. 
They fly very fwiftly, but not very high 5 their 
ery is fharp and fhrill, and may ‘be heard at a 
.) diftance. | Poultry are fometimes terrified at it ; 
perhaps they miftake it for the cry of a bird of 
Pi prey; but this is far from the cafe, for though Ja- 
_ “canas be provided with arms, they are of a gentle 
. difpofition, and only ufe them in their own de- ~ 
fence. They are feen in the greateft numbers in. 
ry feafons ; they are moftly in pairs ; ; but fome- 
_ times appear in flocks of twenty or ‘thirty. They 
~ feed on fmall fifh, and on aquatic or water infects, 
and they are efteemed good food. i hide - 
_ themfelves among the rufhes. | 
The faithful Jacana has very long toes; its 
feet are yellowifh, and it has a creft of bl lackith a 
feathers about three inches long, which hang down 
behind its head. Its body is the fize of that ofa 
= cock’s, and eighteen inches high from the ground ; — 
_ the wings and tail are es clouded with grey; 
| ag the 

