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Identifier: indiansportingbi00finn (find matches)
Title: Indian sporting birds
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Finn, Frank, 1868-1932 Hume, Allan Octavian, 1829-1912 Marshall, Charles Henry Tilson, 1841-
Subjects: Birds -- India Game and game-birds -- India
Publisher: London : Francis Edwards
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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^ in India,is probably often passed over, for it is so like the Eastern speciesthat it is not likely to be distinguished except in the hand;the difference is then readily perceptible, the under-parts ofthe wings being white, whereas they are greyish-brow^n m theIndian golden plover. The European golden plover is also aheavier bird than the Eastern, although its legs are not anylonger ; American specimens, however, nearly equal it in size.The young of the grey plover (Squatarola helvetica), whichis found in India in winter as well as almost everywhereelse, might easily be mistaken for very large golden plovers,being spotted with yellow, but they have a small hind toe. ;/
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oI—nio ■< 4 IE 01 O INDIAN WATER-KAIL 103 Indiaiv Water-Rail. Rallus indicus. This species, with its long bill and toes, short wings, and flat-sided body, is an excellent type of the rails in general; althoughthe length of the beak and toes is variable, the general appear-ance of a rail is unmistakeable in the hand, and even when atlarge the slinking gait, flicking up of the tail, aversion to leavecover, and heavy fluttering flight with legs drooping at first, markoff these otherwise insignificant birds at once. The Indian water-rail is about as big as a snipe, but its billis shorter and stouter, though still noticeably long; as in all rails,the beak is hard and strong, not soft as in snipes. The plumageis very unpretentious, but yet recognizable, with the blackstriping on the brown upper-parts, grey face and breast, andblack-and-white zebra-barring of the sides. The only bit of brightcolour is the red at the root of the lower jaw, and even this isreplaced by a yellowish tint i

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