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. (Mlus. I. G. I., 
PP: 43> 47> 53> 573 59, 65, 69; 77-) 
170. Pavocristatus : ‘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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