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Identifier: gameshorewaterbi00leme (find matches)
Title: Game, shore, and water birds of India
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Le Messurier, Augustus, 1837-1916
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Publisher: Calcutta : Thacker, Spink London : W. THacker
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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maller White Heron or Egret.Patokha bagla, India. 5 27 to 28. Legs black. Bill 2f to 3; yellow in winter, blackin summer.—In summer: No crest. Pectoral plume of long decomposedfeathers. Dorsal train extending about 7 beyond tail. 927. Herodias garzetta. The Little White Heron or Egret.Kilchia, India; Nella muka konga (Telugu). 6 24 to 25. Legs black. Bill 3 to 3%, black.—In summer : Creston head of two or three feathers 5 to 6 long. Dorsal train curvingup, scarcely extending beyond tail. Pectoral plume of narrow ordinaryfeathers. Herodias eulophotes. c? 27. Legs green-black. Bill 3^ to 4, black.—In summer: Crestfull of numerous narrow feathers, the longest 4^. Dorsal train andpectoral plume of narrow ordinary feathers. (S. F. vi. 480.) Genus DEMIEGRETTA. Adult dark. Young birds white. 928. Demiegretta gularis. The Ashy Egret. 6 24 to 27^. Legs black. Bill red-yellow. Crest on head. Shortdorsal train. Breast plumes narrow and pointed.—In winter: Throatonly white. h 90 ARDEIDtE.
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DEMIEGRETTA.—BUTORIDES. 91 Demiegretta sacra,c? 21 to 24. Legs green. Bill yellowish.—In summer: Aboveslate. Head almost black. Pectoral and dorsal plumes slate-grey.Crest about 1. (S. F. ii. 305.) Genus BUPHUS.Bill stout and curved at tip. 929. Buphus coromandus. The Cattle Egret. Doria bagla, Gai bagla, Bengal; Samti konga (Telugu). 6 21. Legs greenish. Bill yellow in winter, orange in summer.Head, crest, breast, and dorsal plumes golden buff.—In winter: Plu-mage white. Genus ARDEOLA. Ardeola, diminutive of Ardea. Ardea, ce, f. = epa>8ios = a Heron (Virgil, Georg. i.364). Tibia feathered to the knee nearly. 930. Ardeola grayi. The Paddy-Bird or Pond-Heron. c? 18;. Legs dull green. Bill blue, yellow, and black. Crestwhite. Neck yellow. Back maroon.—In winter: Head, breast, andthigh fulvous. Ardeola prasinosceles. d 21; 11 oz. Legs bright orange. Bill black, yellow, and paleblue. Chin and neck-stripe white. Head and back of neck chestnut.Crest of long pointed feathers; long

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