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The Black-breasted Indian Plover. 
nn H I S Bird is fomething bigger than the Lapwing, it agrees pretty 
^ near in Size with our Englip Grey and Green Plovers, being 
fliap’d like them, except in its Legs, which are a pretty deal longer; it 
is here drawn of its natural Bignefs ; its Bill is of a middling Length,’ of 
a pretty equal Thicknefs, black of Colour, ending in a Point, ’the 
Middle of the Bill is not quite fo thick as it is at its Bafis and near the 
Point; it hath on each Side an oblong Noftril ; the Crown of the Head- 
is Black with a green Glofs, thefe black Feathers reach an Inch beyond 
the Head behind, and form a Creft ; the Cheeks, hinder Part of the 
Head, and two broad Lines down on each Side the Neck are White ; 
between the black Crown and the White in the Sides of the Head, are 
placed the Eyes ; the lower Part of the Neck behind, the whole Back 
and Covert-feathers of the Wings, are of a brown Colour ; the Tips of 
the Rows of Coverts next above the Qiiills are White, the greater Quills 
Black, the leffer next the Back, Brown ; the Ridge of the Wing, fTom 
the Bend downward, hath black and white Feathers intermixed ; from the 
Bill downward, on the Throat, and beginning of the Breaft, is drawn a 
black Mark, which falls into the Black on the Breaft ; the Breaft and 
part of the Belly are Black, having a fine purple Glols on the Breaft ; the ■ 
Thighs, lower Belly, and Covert-feathers under the Tail are w’hite ; 
the Feathers of the Tail are of equal Length, White at their Bottoms’ 
and Black acrofs the End, for the breadth of an Inch and a half; th.e - 
Legs are longer than common in this kind of Birds'; it hath only ’three 
Toes of a moderate Length all ftanding forward ; the Legs are bare of 
Feathers a little way above the Knees ; both Legs, Feet and Clawi, are 
of a dirty dark Brown, inclining to Black. ’ 
I drew this from a Bird lent me by Mr. Peter Colmfon, which was • 
fent in Spirits with other Birds from Gamron in Perfia, I wrote it from 
Bengal on the Plate, through a Miftake. 
Lioe 
