. A general synopsis of birds . oughthe eye, paffing to the hind part of the neck, quite to the back,black : legs greenifh black : toes and claws very long, as in thevariable Jacana : hind claw an inch and a half in Africa. CHINESE Place. T- ENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill dufky: crown of thehead, forehead, and all beneath, as far as the bread, palecinereous cream-colour: back part of the head black, of the neckyellow, divided from the white before by a line of black on eachfide: the body vinaceous red : wing coverts white : quills black:tail long : legs and toes l
. A general synopsis of birds . oughthe eye, paffing to the hind part of the neck, quite to the back,black : legs greenifh black : toes and claws very long, as in thevariable Jacana : hind claw an inch and a half in Africa. CHINESE Place. T- ENGTH twenty-one inches. Bill dufky: crown of thehead, forehead, and all beneath, as far as the bread, palecinereous cream-colour: back part of the head black, of the neckyellow, divided from the white before by a line of black on eachfide: the body vinaceous red : wing coverts white : quills black:tail long : legs and toes long, and of a greenifh colour. Suppofed to inhabit China : feen by me among fome finedrawings done in that country, and appears a very large fpecies. o. Parra chavaria, Lin. Syft. i. p. 260. 5. FAITHFUL J. Description. OIZE of a dunghill Cock, and flands a foot and a half from the ground. The bill is conic, a little bent, and of a dirty white colour i the upper mandible as in the Cock : noftrils oblong, per- 6 vious: e, Y/r/ca/i Yaeana/: J A C A N A. 247 vious : on both fides, at the bale of the bill, is a red membrane,which extends to the temples ; in the middle of this are placedthe eyes : the irides are brown : the hind head is furnilhed withabout a dozen blackilh feathers, three inches in length, whichform a creft; thefe hang downwards: the reft of the neck, whichis pretty long, is covered with a thick black down ; but underthe bill and temples it is of a pure white: the body is brown: thewings and tail blackifh, clouded with grey; the laft fhort: onthe bend of the wing two or three fpurs half an inch in length :belly black, but lefs deep : the thighs are half way bare of fea-thers : knee joints thick and fwelling: legs very long, ftrong,and of a yellowifh red colour: toes alfo fo long as to entanglethe one in the other in walking. This bird inhabits the lakes, &c. near the river Cinu, about p, .„„ „„„ * &LttAND thirty leagues from Carthagena, in South
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