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Updated: May 22, 2025
Then the raven dug him under the wing punched him in the ribs, so to speak. But Cob did nothing more than cringe cringe from head to hind-toe, like a worm. Then suddenly, startlingly suddenly, with the full stroke, the dreaded pickax blow, of all the ravens, he let drive straight at Cob's clear, shining eye the left one, with which Cob, with his head twisted, had all along been regarding him.
For a second his wonderful wings beat and beat tremendously, frenziedly, with a noise you could hear all up the hill; then he fell back in one demented, frenzied mix up of bashing, smashing pinions, legs, tail, and whirling feathers. That clash, which had jarred Cob's frame from head to hind-toe, was a trap, alias a gin, alias a clam, and the rack of man's Inquisition of the wild.
It invariably roosts in trees, but the feet are so very small in proportion to the body of this bulky bird that they can be of no use to it in grasping the branch; and, moreover, the hind-toe is so short that it does not touch the ground when the bird is walking. The back part of the leg, just below the knee, is quite flat and somewhat concave.
The oriole had a serious affection of one hind-toe, which swelled, turned white, and was evidently so painful to use that he alighted on the other foot, holding this one up. After a few days I noticed him using his foot again; there was a hind toe all well, and the disabled one above the new one, quite out of harm's way.
They are called by the natives oven-birds, because frequently seen on the pan-shaped leaves of the before-mentioned magnificent lily. The common jacana has a black plumage, with a greenish gloss. The legs are very long and slight, as are the toes and claws, especially that of the hind-toe, which is nearly straight.
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