Indian Birds 
never takes to flight from the water. When 
alarmed it seeks safety by diving. Writing of 
this bird, Eha says, “I do not know how to 
describe it better than to say that you might 
take it for a small chicken without a tail. Its 
colour is dark glossy brown on the upper 
parts, with some rich chestnut on the sides of 
the neck. Young birds are lighter.” (Illus. 
B. B., p. 184.) | 
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