. Nordamerikanische Vögel Eier . JACANAS Familie JACANID/E. 288. Mexikanische Jacana. Jacana spiiui.sa. Bereich.-Tropical Amerika, Norden im Sommer zum Unteren Rio Grande Tal in Texas, und lässig nach Florida. Diese interessante Art hat die meisten ihrer strukturähnlichen Merkmale wie die Plovers, hat aber mehr derAussehen und Gewohnheiten der Schienen. Sie sind etwa Zentimeter lang, Kopf und ne k sind schwarz, der Körper kastanienund die Flügel weitgehend grünlich gelb.Sie haben lange Beine, lange Zehen und extrem lange Zehennägel, ein schuppiges Blatt auf der Stirn und einen scharfen Sporn auf der Schulter des Flügels. Aufgrund t

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. North American birds eggs . JACANAS. Family JACANID/E. 288. Mexican Jacana. Jacana spiiui.sa. Range.—Tropical America, north in summer to the Lower Rio Grande Valleyin Texas, and casually to Florida. This interesting species has most of its structuralcharacters similar to the Plovers, but has more theappearance and habits of the Rails. They are abouteight inches long, the head and ne k are black, thebody chestnut, and the wings largely greenish yellow.They have long legs, long toes and extremely longtoe nails, a scaly leaf on the forehead, and a sharpspur on the shoulder of the wing. Owing to theirlong toes and nails, they are enabled to walk overfloating weeds and rubbish that would sink beneath [Yellowish olive. 134 North American Birds Eggs. their weight, otherwise. They build their nests on these little floating islandsin the marsh; they are also sometimes made of weeds and trash on floating lilypads. They lay from three to five eggs of a yellowish olive color, curiouslyscrawled with brown and black. Size 1.22 x .95. Data.—Tampico, Mexico, June 3, 1900. Three eggs. Nest of weeds and drift on lily leaf floating in freshwater pond near town. Collector, F. B. Armstrong. GALLINACEOUS BIRDS. Order X. GALLIN/E GROUSE, PARTRIDGES, ETC. Family TETRAONID/t. The members of this family are birds of robust form, subdued (not brightlycolored) plumage, comparatively short legs and necks: the tarsi and toes arefeathered in the Ptarmigan, the tarsi, only, feathered in the Grouse, and thetarsi and toes bare in the Partridges and Bob-whites. They teed upon berries, buds, grain and insects.

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