Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



with purple or green. Middle tail feathers 

 curl upwards. Wings brown with metallic- 

 purple bar. Below tail velvety black. 



Male (June to August) and Female : Brown 

 with buff crescent-shaped markings. Purple 

 wing-bar. 



Legs orange-yellow in both sexes. 



178. Nyroca ferruginea : The White-eyed 

 Pochard. F. 1606, J. 969, -IV. K. 



Head, neck and breast dull chestnut. Rest 

 of upper plumage blackish-brown. Tail dark 

 brown. Wings dark brown and white. Abdo- 

 men chiefly white. Hen like cock, but duller. 



Grebes 



Grebes are small duck-like water birds of 

 which the tail is very short. They rarely 

 come to land, they dive for their food. 



179. Podiceps albipennis : The Indian Little 

 Grebe, or Dabchick. F. 1617, J. 975, +IL K. 



Body rich dark brown. Chestnut on sides 



of neck. Looks like a tiny tailless duck. 



Dives every few seconds. Very common on 

 the Kashmir lakes. 



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