"Downy young.--Above bright tawny, the rump with three parallel stripes of black, inclosing two of paler fulvous than the ground-color; a triangular patch of brown on crown, bounded irregularly with blackish; a black line over ears; throat and rest of head pale tawny; rest of lower parts white, becoming grayish posteriorly. "Length, 178 to 203; wing, 102 to 113; culmen, 20 to 23; tarsus, 19 to 20; middle toe, 16 to 19." (Ridgway.) Suborder PARRÆ. Family PARRIDÆ. In general aspect and habits like the rails but distinguishable at once by the enormously lengthened toes and claws; claw of hind toe exceeding the very long toe. Genera. a1. No frontal shield nor lappet; primaries attenuated at their tips; center tail-feathers not elongated. ... Hydralector (p. 150) a2. With a leaf-like frontal lappet; primaries not produced; center tail-feathers greatly elongated. ... Hydrophasianus (p. 151) Genus HYDROPHASIANUS Wagler, 1832. End of first primary produced as a filamentous appendage about 30 mm. in length; second and third also produced but the slender tip often broken; tip of fourth primary less slender; a sharp horny spur at bend of wing. 126. HYDROPHASIANUS CHIRURGUS (Scopoli). PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA. Tringa chirurgus Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 92. Hydrophasis chirurgus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 69; Hand-List (1899), 1, 168; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 71; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 30. Calayan (McGregor); Luzon (McGregor); Mindanao (Mearns); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). Indian Peninsula, Indo-Chinese countries to Malay Peninsula and greater Sunda Islands. Adult in breeding plumage.--Sexes similar; head, chin, and throat white; occiput and a line on each side of neck black, behind this a large saddle of golden yellow; mantle and scapulars dark brown glossed with violet; back, rump, and tail black; lower parts, except chin and throat, dead black; first primary black, the other primaries mostly white, but with some black at their tips; remainder of wing white; axillars and wing-lining white. Iris brown, bill blue, paler at tip; legs blue; nails blackish. Length of male about 330; wing, 190; tail, 131; exposed culmen, 28; tarsus, 54; middle toe with claw, 75; hind toe without claw, 20; claw, 29. Length of female, 380; wing, 250; tail, 162; exposed culmen, 28; tarsus, 60; middle toe with claw, 85; hind toe with claw, 57. Adult in non-breeding plumage.--Differs from the breeding plumage chiefly as follows: Upper parts earthy brown with little gloss; under parts, including tail and its coverts, white except a black plastron on fore breast which extends forward on each side of neck; golden collar replaced by a golden yellow band on each side; secondaries and coverts mostly earthy brown speckled with white. Birds in intermediate plumage present endless combinations of the breeding and non-breeding plumage.