140 ERODY 



3.— INDIAN ERODY. 



LENGTH twenty-two inches. Bill five inches and a half, dirty 

 flesh-colour, towards the base black; before the eye and chin the 

 same, and fully covered with feathers; plumage in general dusky 

 white ; lower part of the back, quills, outer edge of the wing, and 

 tail, black ; wings and tail even in length ; legs deep crimson, 

 tessellated, claws black, with a membrane between the toes for about 

 one-third of the length. 



Inhabits India. —Lord Mountnorris. 



