The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . amaralcyon (jaka-ma-ralsi-on),«. [NL.(Lesson, 1S31), <. jiieaiiijir + uleijnn.] A genusof jacamars with three toes; the only three-toedgenus of GnUwIidw. There is but one species, J. tri-dactyla of , 7i inches long, slaty-black witli a bronzetint, with white belly, lilaek bill, and brown-streaked head. Jacamarops (ja-kama-rops), n. [NL. (Les-son, 1831, but used as a P. vernacular name byCuvier, 1829), <. jacamar + Gr. wi/. eye.] A ge-nus of Oalbidida
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . amaralcyon (jaka-ma-ralsi-on),«. [NL.(Lesson, 1S31), <. jiieaiiijir + uleijnn.] A genusof jacamars with three toes; the only three-toedgenus of GnUwIidw. There is but one species, J. tri-dactyla of , 7i inches long, slaty-black witli a bronzetint, with white belly, lilaek bill, and brown-streaked head. Jacamarops (ja-kama-rops), n. [NL. (Les-son, 1831, but used as a P. vernacular name byCuvier, 1829), <. jacamar + Gr. wi/. eye.] A ge-nus of Oalbidida; consisting of the great jaca-mars. They are of large size, with a long curved bill di-lated at the base and with ridged culmen, a graduated tailof 12 rectrices. and very short feathered tarsi. There is butone species, J. yraiulis, a native of tropical America, 11inches long, golden-green in color, with rufous under partsand a white throat. jacana (ja-kanii), «. [Braz. j«fa»a.] 1. Abird of the genus Iarra or Jacana, as P. jacanaovJ. .•2)inosa; the book-name of any bird of thefamily Parridw or Jacanida\ There are several. Mexican Jacana iParra gytnuostoma). jacana genera and species, of both the oM and the new remarkable birds resemble plovers and rails, but aremost nearly related to the former. In the typical Americanforms the tail is short, and the le^s and toes are long, withenormous straif^ht claws which enable the buds to runeasily over the Moating leaves of aquatic plants. There isa horny spur on the bend of the wins, and a naked frontalleaf and wattles at the base of the bill. Parra l. [NL.,
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