Descriptive List of Birds 



squat on a post projecting out of the water 

 and spread out their wings to dry them. 



172. Phalacrocorax carbo : The Large Cor- 

 morant. F. 1526, J. 1005, +V. K. 



Plumage all black save for a white band from 

 eye to eye across the throat. 



Found on the lakes of the Kashmir valley 

 and on the Jhelum. 



173. Phalacrocorax fuscicollis : The Indian 

 Shag. F. 1527, J. 1006, +V. K. 



Distinguished from the last species by having 

 no white band across the throat and by its 

 smaller size. 



Found on the lakes of the Kashmir valley 

 and on the Jhelum. 



Herons 



Herons are wading birds with long stiletto- 

 like bills. It is their habit to stand motionless 

 in shallow water. When they espy a fish or 

 a frog, the neck shoots out like a telescope 

 and the bill is plunged into the water to secure 

 the victim. On the wing herons are easily 

 distinguished from other long-shanked birds 

 by the fact that, although they, in common 

 with other wading birds, carry the legs stiffly 

 stretched out behind them, the head is drawn 



