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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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. Legs light green. Bill orange. Hind toe has no lobe orweb. Tail of 18 feathers, much rounded. Crown bluish grey. Sidesdrab. Breast, abdomen, lower tail-coverts white. Back and scapularsdark brown. Genus GALLICREX.Bill passes over forehead into a horn on top of the head. 904. Gallicrex cristatus. The Common Water-cock. Kora, Khora, India. 6 16 to 17; ? 14. Legs, & dull red; ? dull green. Bill red,tip yellow.—In summer : Male dull black, edged brown. Edge of wingwhite.—Female : Brown, edged fulvous. Beneath barred brown. Genus GALLINULA. Gallinula = a chicken ; diminutive of galllna = a hen. Small fore shield. Second, third, and fourth quills subequal. Sameas Gallicrex; but smaller. 905. Gallinula chloropus. The Common Water-hen.Chldropus = green-footed, from ^Xcupos + ttoi)?.Godhan, Behar; Jumbu Kodi (Telngu) ; Jal murghi, Bengal. S 13; ? 12. Legs with orange garter. Bill red, tip yellow.Head grey. Above olive. Beneath grey. Flanks streaked white.Undertail white. 82 KALLIDJE.
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GALLINULA.—PORZANA. 83 Gallinula burnesi. The Small Water-hen.Gajra, Sind. 6 11;; 2 11. Legs olive-green. Front-plate small or wanting.Chin and throat white. 907. Gallinula phcenicura. The White-breasted Water-hen. (()oiviKovpos = a bird. Dawak, India ; Kureyn, Gondwarra; Kurayi, Sind. d 12f. Legs green. Bill ridge orange. Above black, with greenreflections. Beneath chestnut. Subfamily Rallin^e. Rails. No frontal plate. Beak much compressed. Plumage soft and loose,brown, streaked, and often banded. Sexes alike in colour. Mostlyof small size. Found in most parts. Many true Rails in America.The Corn-Crake (Crex pratensis) is common in Afghanistan. Genus PORZANA. Porzana, the Italian name; also written Sforzana (Salvador!) and Forzane. Ofunknown derivation. Bill equals length of head, somewhat narrowed in middle. Wingsrounded. Tail short. Toes long, slender, and smooth. Sharp claws. 908. Porzana akool. The Brown Rail. <$ 104 to 12; 4 to 6 oz. ? 10 to 11;; 3; to 5 oz. Legs dulllake-r

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookcontributor:University_of_Illinois_Urbana_Champaign
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