Descriptive List of Birds 



ant-tailed Jagana. F. 1429, J. 901. + III, 

 with tail 10 inches long in summer. K. 



Head, throat and wings white. Back of neck 

 golden yellow. Long, thin, black pheasant-hke 

 tail. This bird swims like a duck and runs about 

 with great address on floating water-plants. 

 It utters a cat-like mew. On account of its 

 pheasant-like appearance, this bird is sometimes 

 called the water pheasant. It is a very beau- 

 tiful bird. It is impossible to mistake it. It 

 is very abundant on the Dal and the other lakes 

 of the Kashmir valley. 



Plovers, or Lapwings 



Plovers are short-tailed, long-legged birds 

 that appear to be adapted to wading but which 

 keep to dry land. They have peculiar plaintive 

 calls and many of them perform wonderful 

 antics in the air. 



1 70 . Sarcogrammus indicus : The Red-wattled 

 Lapwing. F. 1431, J. 855, +IV. E. W. K. 



This is the familiar " Did-you- do-it " of 

 the plains. 



Head, neck and upper breast black. A 



broad white band running from the eye down 



the whole length of the neck. Back and wings, 



bronze-brown, black and white ; the white 



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