"Young.--Generally resembles the winter plumage of the adults, but is always distinguished by its rufous head, and in the first stage of plumage by the sandy rufous margins to the feathers of the upper surface; the dusky band of the sides of the neck is feebly indicated and the horseshoe collar on the fore neck is marked by a few spots of dusky blackish; the white on the primaries is more restricted, but the elongated tips are present." (Sharpe.) "Quite abundant about the Laguna de Naujan, in Mindoro. It runs about over the leaves of water plants, and when approached sinks its body in the water until only its head and tail can be seen. When wounded it dives, and sometimes hangs onto water plants below the surface until it dies." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) This jacana is abundant in Luzon in fresh-water swamps and on the borders of lakes. Genus HYDRALECTOR Wagler, 1832. This genus differs from Hydrophasianus chiefly in having a fleshy lappet near the base of bill and the tips of the primaries not attenuated. 127. HYDRALECTOR GALLINACEUS (Temminck). COMB-CRESTED JACANA. Parra gallinacea Temminck, Pl. Col. (1831), 5, pl. 464. Hydralector gallinaceus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1896), 24, 79; Hand-List (1899), 1, 168; Oates, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1902), 2, 73; Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 13, 89; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 30. Mindanao (Mearns). Australia, Celebes, southern Borneo. "Adult male.--Above bronzy brown, more dingy on the lower back and rump; upper tail-coverts and tail black, all but the center tail-feathers white at base; wing-coverts like the back; marginal coverts, alula, primary-coverts, and quills black, with a slight bluish gloss; inner secondaries bronzy brown like the back; forehead behind the lappet to center of crown, sides of face, and sides of neck golden straw-color; throat white, inclining to golden straw-color on fore neck; an infra-loral streak of black from fore part of cheeks to fore part of eye; hinder crown black, extending in a broad line down hind neck and overspreading upper mantle; chest, breast, and sides of body, as well as under wing-coverts and axillars, sooty black; entire abdomen, lower flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts white; quills glossy black below. 'Bill greenish gray at the extreme tip, then black to near nostrils; basal portion of upper mandible and the helmet aurora-red; base of lower mandible light primrose-yellow; fore part of tibia red, with a mixture in patches of yellow and greenish gray; iris light sulphur-yellow; eyelash light ash-gray.' (Gould.) Length, 229; culmen with frontal lappet, 46; wing, 142; tail, 41; tarsus, 61; middle toe with claw, 91. "Adult female.--Resembles the male in color but is decidedly larger; a male from Port Essington measures 178 in length and has the wing 119, while a female from the same place measures 215 in length and has the wing 142.