Descriptive List of the Common Birds 



and less trumpet-like than those of the other 

 cranes. 



It is a winter visitor to India. It is very 

 common in the Deccan, Guzerat, and Katti- 

 war ; less common in other parts of N. India, 

 and rare in Lower Bengal and S. India. Its 

 habits are like those of No. 177. (Illus. F. IV., 

 p. 184; also I. G. III., p. 31.) 



l^he Bustards 



These come within the category of " game 

 birds," and so none of them are treated of in 

 this book. (Illus. I. G. I., pp. i, 3, 7, 18.) 



180. (Edicnenius scolopax : The Stone-Cur- 

 lew, or Stone-Plover, or Thick-knee. (F. 141 8), 

 (J. 859), (+IV.) 



This bird is very like a bustard, and is known 

 to Anglo-Indian sportsmen as the Bustard- 

 Floricaii. It is an ashy - brown bird, each 

 feather having a blackish streak down the 

 shaft. Its wings and tail have some black and 

 white bars, which are conspicuous when the 

 bird flies. The bill, eyes, and feet are yellow. 

 Its wild-sounding cry, which is often heard 

 at night, is like that of the curlew. 



It frequents dry, open, stony country. 

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