16 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
the ftomach lefs black ; the beak is conic, a little 
bent, and of a lex white’ colour ; the upper 
mandible is like that of a cock; the seh are 
oblong, open, and pervious ; a ad 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, ca 
below the beak, itis white, for about the breadth | 
of one inch; the forehead and back part of the 
head are faved with real feathers of the fame 
colour as the body, but lefs dark. The crett con-" 
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 {welling, like a knot; the feet 
have four toes, divided, and of the fame colour ;. 
the toes are thick, and fo very long, as to inter- 
fere, that is, te entangle with one another in 
walking. -'The tail j is fhort. 
This Jacana inhabits rivers, lakes, and marfhy | 
ical near the river Cinu, about thirty 
4 een 
