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Updated: June 27, 2025
The natives call it the furno do Piosoca, or oven of the Jacana, the shape of the leaves being like that of the ovens on which Mandioca meal is roasted. This eagle is considered a bird of ill omen by the Indians: it often perches on the tops of trees in the neighbourhood of their huts, and is then said to bring a warning of death to some member of the household.
The singular wattled, wing-spurred, and long-, toed jacana has a remarkable performance, which seems specially designed to bring out the concealed beauty of the silky, greenish-golden wing-quills-The birds go singly or in pairs, and a dozen or fifteen individuals may be found in a marshy place feeding within sight of each other.
For this reason some tribes of Indians have tamed the jacana, and use it as a sentinel or "watch-dog," to apprise them of the approach of their enemies during the darkness of the night. Another use is also made of it by the Spanish-Americans. It is tamed and allowed to go about along with the domestic poultry.
Visiting the marshes Pajonales and Juncales Abundant bird life A Coots' metropolis Frightening the Coots Grebe and Painted Snipe colonies The haunt of the Social Marsh Hawk The beautiful Jacana and its eggs The colony of Marsh Trupials The bird's music The aquatic plant Durasmillo The Trupial's nest and eggs Recalling a beauty that has vanished Our games with gaucho boys I am injured by a bad boy The shepherd's advice Getting my revenge in a treacherous manner Was it right or wrong?
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. We were still proceeding, when Kallolo stopped me, and pointed to a thin column of smoke which arose at some distance, apparently from a fire kindled close to the shore.
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