109. THE PIN-TAIL. 



Dafila acuta, (Linn^us). 



Outer web of the primaries blackish ; 

 inner web drab, with a blackish tip. 



Axillaries white, mottled or barred with 

 brown. 



Wing over nine inches in length. 



Speculum green or bronze with a 

 cinnamon bar above it; or simply 

 mottled brown, between two narrow 

 white bands ; in either case followed 

 by a quill, the outer web of which 

 is white. 



Bill distinctly wider near the tip than 

 at the base. 



MALE :— Speculum brilliant ; under tail- 

 coverts black; a band of white on the 

 side of the neck; middle tail-feathers 

 lengthened. 



FEMALE :— Speculum brown ; under tail- 

 coverts marked with brown ; middle 

 tail-feathers not lengthened. 



Vernacular Names : — Sank, Sinkpar, 

 Hind. ; Kokarali, Drighush, Sind. ; 

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