There are several species of "jacana" in South America, and also some species in the tropical countries of the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Embassy, 012 -3443910, 083 -4592001 margriet. [email protected], or jacana media: 0111 - 648 1157, www. jacana.co.za. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
An African jacana on the creep, in search of food. From Wordnik.com. [Vineyard Gazette - Top Stories] Reference
In the ypecaha and jacana displays both sexes take part. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
The jacana feeds on aquatic insects and vegetable matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
They are the pheasant-tailed and the bronze-winged jacana. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
The bronze-winged jacana is a black bird with bronze wings. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
The common jacana has a black plumage, with a greenish gloss. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The bronze-winged jacana does not grow these long tail feathers. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
The most singular character of the jacana is its long toes and claws. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
It was the "faithful jacana" or "chuza," as it is called in some places. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
It was the "faithful jacana," or "chuza," as it is called in some places. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Going back to my chair, I found that neither jacana, nor gallinules, nor herons had been disturbed by my shot. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
When these are attacked by hawks or other birds of prey, the jacana defends them with its sharp wing-spurs, and generally succeeds in beating off the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
The jacana invariably lays four eggs, and the gallinule, at this latitude, six or eight, yet only a fraction of the young had survived even to this tender age. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
Of the birds I am acquainted with, the beautiful jacana (Parra jacana) appears to come into the world with its faculties and powers in the most advanced state. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference
Of course as nature designed them for this purpose, they answer admirably, and the jacana skims along the surface of lily-covered ponds or streams without sinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
Of course, as nature designed them for this purpose, they answer admirably, and the jacana skims along the surface of lily-covered ponds or streams without sinking. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
Wading and aquatic birds were abundant in the marshes, amongst which white cranes and a chocolate-brown jacana, with lemon-yellow under wing, were the most conspicuous. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist in Nicaragua] Reference
That known as the "faithful jacana" has a body about the size of a common fowl; but its legs and neck are longer, so that when standing it is a foot and a half in height. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
We reached the lake where Kallolo had caught the jacana; and skirting its shore, we passed along a narrow causeway which separated it from another lake of smaller dimensions. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco] Reference
The eggs of the bronze-winged jacana have a rich brownish-bronze background, on which black lines are scribbled in inextricable confusion, so that the egg looks as though Arabic texts had been scrawled over it. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
We kept along the western shore of the lake towards the north, passing on our way several inlets, which led, we had no doubt, to other lakes in the interior, similar to the one in which we had caught the jacana. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco] Reference
One of the most common is a small chestnut-brown wading bird -- the jacana -- whose toes are immensely long in proportion to its size, enabling it to run over the surface of the aquatic vegetation as if it were solid ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
Out at the center a fussy jacana was feeding with her two spindly-legged babies, while, still nearer, three scarlet-helmeted gallinules lumbered about, now and then tipping over a silvery and black infant which seemed puzzled as to which it should call parent. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
The light-bodied jacana, supported by its spider-like, widely extended feet, treads over the floating pan-like leaves of the Victoria Regia, and other aquatic plants, without sinking them in any perceptible degree below the surface of the calm pools in which they float. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
"faithful jacana" has a body about the size of a common fowl; but its legs and neck are longer, so that when standing it is a foot and a half in height. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
It's a jacana walking on some floating lily pads. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-06-01] Reference
I at once recognised it as the jacana. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco] Reference
The jacana utters a singular cry when alarmed. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference
jacana jacana, Wattled jacana. From Wordnik.com. [BIRDS ETCETERA] Reference
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