Indian Birds 



legs. They are coloured so as to assimilate 

 closely to their sandy surroundings. They are 

 game birds. The reader is therefore referred 

 to Marshall and Hume's standard book, 

 in which there are coloured plates of the 

 various species. The order is treated of on pp. 

 53-63 of Vol. IV. of the Bird Volumes of The 

 Fauna of British India series. (lUus. I. G. I., 

 pp. 43, 47, 53, 57, 59, 65, 69, JJ) 



170. Pavo cristatus : The Common Peafowl. 

 (F. 1324), (J. 803), (+V, with a long train in 

 the cock.) 



Description of this familiar bird is un- 

 necessary, but it and its loud call, like the miau 

 of a cat, are known to all men. 



The Quails 



These, being game birds, do not come within 

 the scope of the present work. The reader is 

 referred to Hume and Marshall and the Bird 

 Volumes of The Fauna of British India series 

 for accounts of them. Since, however, one 

 sometimes, in the course of a walk in the cold 

 weather, puts up a common quail, I will 

 briefly describe the bird. As you walk along 

 you suddenly hear a rustling noise almost at 

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