Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



in, so that the neck projects like the crop of a 

 pouter pigeon. 



174. Ardea cinerea : The Common Heron. 

 F. 1555) J- 923, +V, over a yard long. K. 



This is the common heron of England. 



Upper parts ashy-grey. Some white on 

 the head. Black plumes hang down from the 

 nape. Lower parts white. 



Common on the margins of the lakes of the 

 Kashmir valley. 



175. Nycticorax griseus : The Night Heron. 

 F. 1568, J. 937, V. K. 



Head, nape, back and shoulders black. 

 Forehead, cheeks and lower parts white. 

 Rest of plumage grey. Some feathers of the 

 nape are white and are lengthened to form 

 plumes. Eyes bright red. 



This bird fishes chiefly by night. About 

 sunset it leaves its roost in some tall tree and 

 slowly flaps its way to its fishing ground, 

 uttering a loud wdk. 



Common round the lakes in the Kashmir 

 valley. 



A company of these birds roosts, along with 

 cormorants, in some tall trees dear the Nasim 

 Bagh on the Dal Lake. 

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