Indian Birds 
is a broad white band running from the eye 
down the whole length of the neck. The back 
and wings are bronzy brown, black, and white, 
the white being arranged so as to form a con- 
spicuous bar during flight. Lower parts are 
white, as is the tail, except for a black band 
which runs across it near the tip. The bill is 
reddish, and there is in front of the eye a 
conspicuous crimson wattle. The legs are 
bright yellow. 
This noisy bird is known to all residents in 
India. Its noisy call, “‘ Did he do it? Pity to 
do it,” is one of the most familiar sounds of the 
Indian country-side. (Illus. B. B., p. 161.) 
In Burma it is replaced by an allied species— 
Sarcogrammus atrinuchalis—the Burmese Wat- 
tled Lapwing. 
184. Saciophorus malabaricus: The Yellow- 
wattled Lapwing. (F. 1433), (J. 856), (- IV.) 
This is very like the last species, the chief 
difference being that the conspicuous wattle is 
yellow instead of crimson and the white line 
runs round the back of the head from eye to 
eye, instead of down the neck. Its cry. is like 
that of No. 183, but not so harsh and with a 
note less. 
This species is widely distributed, but not 
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