87. THE BENGAL FLORICAN. 



Houbaropsis bengalensis, (GMELIN). 



Length of the tarsus nearly half the 



length of the wing. 

 First ten quills of the wing of ordinary 



shape, presenting no peculiarities of 



structure. 

 Of large size; wing 13 and upwards in 



length. 



MALE : Smaller; wing about 13. 

 FEMALE : Larger; wing about 14. 



VERNACULAR NAMES : Char as, Char at, 

 Charj y Hind. ; Dabar, Nepal Terai ; 

 also Ablac, male, and Bor, female; 

 Ooloo Moora, Assamese. 



ACCORDING to Mr. Hume, the Bengal 

 Florican is found in Eastern Bengal, the 

 valley of Assam, the Bhutan Duars, and 

 those portions of Bengal, Oudh and the 

 North- Western Provinces lying north of 

 the Ganges River. It is probable that 

 Dr. Jerdon's statement that this bird 

 spreads through the valley of the Jumna 

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